A new proposal for rehabilitation of equilibrium disorders of cervical origin: e.s.a.c. technique
- Authors
- Fisioterapista Maria Domanico (Milan, Italy)
- Proceedings
- XXIX Congress of the NES - Bad Kissingen - Germany
- Topics
- Neurootology
Neurootologic therapy
Neurootology
Neurootology
Neurootologic therapy
Physiotherapy - Keywords
- Cervical rachis, Imbalance, Rehabilitation, Trigger point.
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Abstract
The authors illustrates a new rehabilitation technique worked out to treat equilibrium disorders. This technique, named ESAC (Elasticizzazione, Scollamento, Allenamento, Calore = Elasticization-Detachment-Training-Heat), is based on the recovery of soft tissue elasticity through repeated active movement, detachment and exogenous heat. In this paper the author reports the results attained in the course of the years 2000-2001 on a sample of 106 patients presenting negative neurological testing, objective signs of cervical involvement, positive stabilometric examination with retroflexed head. The results obtained are quite significant: recovery in 74.5% of the cases and improvement in the remaining 25.5%.
