Although various causes of dizziness have been identified, many pa-tients suffer from dizziness of unknown etiology and continue to visit hospitals to resolve their symptoms. Problems that occur in the liga-ments or muscles of the upper cervical spine can cause confusion in proprioception. These changes can convey misinformation to the ves-tibular nucleus, resulting in abnormal reactions that can lead to cervi-cogenic dizziness (CGD). Though CGD remains controversial, it should be considered while diagnosing patients with dizziness. Understanding CGD can help create treatment strategies for them. This article suggest-ed a relationship between the structure and function of the upper cervi-cal spine and dizziness, and presented evaluations and treatments for the same.
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Abstract INTRODUCTION STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION Ligaments Muscles Proprioception Kinematics ASSESSMENT Dizziness handicap inventory Craniocervical flexion test Alar-ligament stress test Sharp-Purser test Cervical joint position error test Vertebrobasilar insufficiency test TREATMENT Sensory-motor control exercise Mobilization CONCLUSIONS CONFLICT OF INTEREST REFERENCES
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DizzinessCervical vertebraeCervicogenic dizziness
저자
Yun-Hee Sung [ Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health Sciences, Kyungnam University, Changwon, Korea ]
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