Tracción cervical en el tratamiento fisioterapéutico de la cefalea cervicogénica del adulto. Hospital Andino-Riobamba, 2018

This research consisted in the application of cervical tractions in cervicogenic headaches with the aim of demonstrating the effects on pain and range of motion in patients who went to the Andino Hospital of Chimborazo. Cervicogenic headache is a headache caused by the alteration of some of the different anatomical elements of the upper cervical spine that may be the joints C0-C1 and C1-C2, the zygapophyseal joints and the intervertebral disc of C2-C3. The cervical traction symbolizes the application of a mechanical force to the body in such a way that it separates the articular surfaces and extends the soft parts causing a separation of all the articular surfaces achieving a relaxation of the musculature and helping the mobilization of the articulation. The proposed technique was applied in 16 patients with cervicogenic headache on Monday, Wednesday and Friday after the physiotherapy treatment proposed by the Andean Hospital. An initial and final physiotherapy evaluation was carried out assessing the joint mobility using the goniometric test, the intensity of pain with the EVA assessment scale and the spurling test which will help us identify the presence of cervicogenic headache. The results obtained showed an improvement in the range of cervical movement and a decrease in pain, thus verifying the effectiveness of cervical traction on cervicogenic headache.

• Autor principal: Diego Alexander, Hidalgo Fortun (author)
• Formato: bachelorThesis
• Idioma: spa
• Publicado em: 2019
• Assuntos: Tracción cervical; Cefalea cervicogènica; Rango de movimiento; Dolor
• Acesso em linha: http://dspace.unach.edu.ec/handle/51000/5287