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Abstract
Cervicogenic dizziness: statistical data
published in May - June 2017 - in Il Fisioterapista - issue n.3
Massimo Bitocchi

The aim of this article was to assess the statistical data reported in the literature regarding cervicogenic dizziness. Dizziness and vertigo are common symptoms second only to low back pain in terms of their frequency of occurrence in the adult population. Traumatic, degenerative, inflammatory or mechanical problems in the cervical spine can cause cervicogenic dizziness and unsteadiness.
To this end, we searched the current literature for relevant studies, without however employing a specific methodological criterion for identifying and analysing the literature (this article is not a systematic review). The techniques of manual therapy examined proved to be equally able to decrease both primary and secondary outcomes (dizziness intensity, frequency of dizziness, intensity of cervical spine pain and score on the Dizziness Handicap Inventory). Hence, both techniques of manual therapy, respectively Mulligan’s Sustained Natural Apophyseal Glides (SNAGs) and Maitland’s Passive Joint Mobilisations (PJMs), are effective for the long-term treatment of chronic cervicogenic dizziness, although the Mulligan technique was superior for increasing neck range of motion.