The effect of cervical HVT on lung function
Item
- Title
- The effect of cervical HVT on lung function
- Author(s)
- Gibb Daniel
- Abstract
- HVT is a common treatment modality used to treat somatic dysfunction. This study attempted to investigate the possibility of cervical HVT (C3-4 segment) to affect the phrenic nerve and thus the diaphragm as a way of treating chronic obstructive pulmonarydisease (COPD) and asthma. Eleven normal male subjects performed maximal spirometric maneuvers measuring 8 different modes of lung function. They were given a placebo treatment and tested again. A week later the subjects were manipulated bilaterally at the C3-4 level and their lung function tested again. The percentage change between pre intervention levels and post placebo and post HVT was compared. Analysis with a t-test showed that there was no significant difference between the placebo and HVT treatment at the 95% confidence interval (P>0.05). Further studies with corrected methodology and larger populations may prove more consequential.
- presented at
- British College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Date Accepted
- 2002
- Date Submitted
- 1.11.2003 00:00:00
- Type
- undergraduate_project
- Language
- English
- Number of pages
- 85
- Submitted by:
- 62
- Pub-Identifier
- 12998
- Inst-Identifier
- 1076
- Keywords
- Lung,pulmonary disease
- Recommended
- 0
- Item sets
- Thesis
Gibb Daniel, “The effect of cervical HVT on lung function”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed May 4, 2025, https://www.osteopathic-research.org/s/orw/item/1340