Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 2018/11, 26e3067. doi: 10.1590/1518-8345.2621.3067, type of study: ,ct,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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Keywords:

occipital neuralgia [3]
occipital lobe [1]
retrospective study [339]
osteopathic manipulative treatment [3945]
OMT [3924]
pain measurement [33]
neuralgia [25]
clinical trial [674]

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE: to evaluate the application of a noninvasive intervention consisting of a postural modification using personalized models and osteopathy in people with occipital neuralgia. METHOD: retrospective study of the intervention performed in adult population with occipital neuralgia, consisting of postural modification using personalized plantar orthoses and osteopathy, in a study period of four years. The observed variables were: persistence of headache, alignment of the axes, plantar support, center of gravity and center of mass; medical interview data, visual analogue scale, Win-Track gait analysis system and Kinovea software for video analysis (clinical assessment instruments used). RESULTS: a total of 34 records of people with occipital neuralgia were studied. A fraction of 58.8% of the patients reported improvement after the intervention. The visual analogue scale data were provided for 64.7% of the records and significant differences (p <0.001) between the means before (8.4 ± 1.7) and after the intervention (2.6 ± 2.7) were found. CONCLUSION: postural modification using personalized orthoses and osteopathy substantially improves the symptomatology of patients with occipital neuralgia.