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To test the blood flow in the vertebral artery (VA), one should put the patient on his back and perform an passive extension, followed by a passive rotation of the neck<ref name="1" /><ref name="2" /><ref name="3" /><ref name="4">M. D. Westaway et al; False-negative extension/rotation pre-manipulative screening test on a patient with an atretic and hypoplastic vertebral artery; Manual Therapy; 2003; 8(2), 120–127</ref>. The rotation should be performed in both directions<ref name="2" />. <br>The manoeuvre causes a reduction of the lumen of the intracranial VA of the contralateral side<ref name="2" /><ref name="3" /><ref name="5" />. results in dizziness, nausea, syncope, dysarthria, dysphagia, and disturbances of the hearing or vision, paresis or paralysis of patients with VBI<ref name="5" />. <br> | |||
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Key Words
• Vertebral Artery Test
• Extension Rotation Test
• Vertebral artery flow
• Vertrebrobasilar ischiaemia
Purpose
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The vertebral artery test is used in physiotherapy to test the vertebral artery blood flow, searching for symptoms of vertebral artery diseaseCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name cannot be a simple integer. Use a descriptive titleCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name cannot be a simple integer. Use a descriptive titleCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name cannot be a simple integer. Use a descriptive title. Vertebral artery disease is also known as vertebrobasilar ischaemia (VBI)Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name cannot be a simple integer. Use a descriptive titleCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name cannot be a simple integer. Use a descriptive titleCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name cannot be a simple integer. Use a descriptive title.
Technique
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To test the blood flow in the vertebral artery (VA), one should put the patient on his back and perform an passive extension, followed by a passive rotation of the neckCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name cannot be a simple integer. Use a descriptive titleCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name cannot be a simple integer. Use a descriptive titleCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name cannot be a simple integer. Use a descriptive titleCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name cannot be a simple integer. Use a descriptive title. The rotation should be performed in both directionsCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name cannot be a simple integer. Use a descriptive title.
The manoeuvre causes a reduction of the lumen of the intracranial VA of the contralateral sideCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name cannot be a simple integer. Use a descriptive titleCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name cannot be a simple integer. Use a descriptive titleCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name cannot be a simple integer. Use a descriptive title. results in dizziness, nausea, syncope, dysarthria, dysphagia, and disturbances of the hearing or vision, paresis or paralysis of patients with VBICite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name cannot be a simple integer. Use a descriptive title.
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