Modern approaches to the diagnosis and restorative treatment of vertebral artery syndrome using osteopathic methods

The article presents the results of a study of the effectiveness of osteopathic treatment of young women aged 18-45 with vertebral artery syndrome. The study involved more than 100 women. Patients with signs of psychiatric pathology and organic brain diseases were excluded. Laser Doppler flowmetry of blood microcirculation was chosen as a method of the evidence-based control. The main group was exposed to osteopathic and conservative treatment while the comparison group (control group) was treated by the generally accepted methods. It was found out from to the study results that osteopathic treatment significantly improved the quality of life including reduction in complaints of fatigue, tinnitus, dizziness and absence of complaints of headache and pain in the cervical region. No changes were registered in the control group during the same examination periods.