X-ray Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Atlas Correction in Patients With Chronic Subluxation of the Atlas (AtlaStandard)

Clinic of Phlebology and Laser Surgery, Chelyabinsk, Russia

Status: Completed

Conditions: Subluxation and Dislocation of C0/C1 Cervical Vertebrae

Treatments: Procedure: Atlas-Standard method

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05986656

13072023

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study is to evaluate the effect of the procedure of medical acupressure of the suboccipital muscles according to the Atlas-Standard method on the normalization of the position of the first cervical vertebra and the angles of the spinal column in patients with diagnosed chronic subluxation with objectification of the results by radiography and inclinometry.

Enrollment: 46 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with chronic subluxation of the first cervical vertebra with complaints of pain in the occiput/cervical/thoracic/lumbar spine/limitation of head rotation in one or both directions.
• Scoliotic deformity of the spine 1-2 degrees.

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnancy
• Fractures of the first / second cervical vertebra in history
• Fractures of the spine in any of the departments in the anmenesis
• Assimilation of the atlas with the occipital bone or the second cervical vertebra
• Operations on the spine using metal structures
• Scoliosis 3-4 degree
• Botulinum toxin injections in the suboccipital region within the last year
• Taking muscle relaxants
• Corrective surgery on muscles and bones
• Braces
• Active period of dental implants installation
• Postoperative period (any operation, including on the eyes) less than 6 months
• Acute infectious diseases - less than 2 weeks from the start of recovery
• Skin diseases with inflammatory manifestations in the neck
• Oncological diseases
• Recovery period after injury (cervical and brain injury) or stroke less than a year
• Established mental illness
• Extreme malnutrition (cachexia)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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46 participants in 1 patient group

Atlas correction

Experimental group

Description:

Basic group.

Treatment:

Procedure: Atlas-Standard method