The neurotension concept is becoming an important step of the muscoloskeletal disorders evaluation. Therefore manual therapy treatments should include neural mobilization too. Both central and peripheral nervous system and the body structures around them have complex interactions, so thorough evaluation and treatment procedures are necessary. The aim of this review is to understand whether neural mobilization following lumbar surgery may improve the outcome of rehabilitation and, in a positive case, to get a treatment indications. Five studies were found (two concerning neurodynamic treatment only; three concerning mixed protocols), which quality was evaluated following the current Cochrane Back Review Group rules. The results are inconclusive: neural mobilization exercises after lumbar surgery did not show significant both pain and disability improvements. The patients who were undertook to mixed protocols (active back and lower limb exercises, behavioural approach and neural mobilization) showed more short-terms benefits; at 12 months follow-up no significant differences between the groups were found. In conclusion, whether or not neurodynamic treatment is better than no treatment or placebo could not be established, nor could which particular neurodynamic treatment is the best. Nevertheless, considering its positive effect among other muscoloskeletal disorders, more research is necessary. The future research should better clarify time, programmes and follow-up details.
Il concetto di neurotensione si sta rivelando un argomento di primo piano nella valutazione delle patologie di carattere muscoloscheletrico e la mobilizzazione del sistema nervoso è sempre più parte integrante dei trattamenti di terapia manuale. La complessità delle interazioni, tra il sistema nervoso centrale e periferico e le strutture che li circondano, rende necessario un approfondimento delle procedure di valutazione e di trattamento. Scopo di questa revisione della letteratura è di capire se e in che modo il trattamento diretto al tessuto nervoso, dopo interventi chirurgici al rachide lombare, influenzi quantitativamente e qualitativamente i risultati del recupero del paziente e, in caso di riscontri positivi, trarre indicazioni utili per suggerire ai clinici tempi e modi di applicazione. La ricerca ha fornito 5 articoli (2 su trattamento esclusivamente neurodinamico, 3 su trattamenti misti), la cui qualità è stata valutata secondo i canoni suggeriti dal Cochrane Back Review Group. I pazienti sottoposti a trattamento esclusivamente neurodinamico hanno mostrato risultati inconclusivi e poco convincenti . I pazienti sottoposti a trattamenti misti (esercizi attivi, approccio comportamentale e neurodinamica) hanno ottenuto maggiori benefici a breve termine, mentre non ci sono state significative differenze nel follow-up superiore ai 12 mesi. Non si possono pertanto, al momento attuale, dimostrare evidenti benefici dell'approccio neurodinamico tramite esercizi di tensione, tuttavia il loro positivo effetto nel trattamento di altri distretti apre lo spazio verso ulteriori ricerche, che dovrebbero particolarmente rivolgersi al testare l’applicazione di trattamenti neurodinamici con tempi e modi diversi da quelli finora studiati.
VANTI, C. (2008). Neural mobilization after lumbar surgery: a literature review. La mobilizzazione del sistema nervoso dopo interventi di chirurgia lombare: revisione della letteratura. SCIENZA RIABILITATIVA, 10(2), 11-18.
Neural mobilization after lumbar surgery: a literature review. La mobilizzazione del sistema nervoso dopo interventi di chirurgia lombare: revisione della letteratura
VANTI, CARLA
2008
Abstract
The neurotension concept is becoming an important step of the muscoloskeletal disorders evaluation. Therefore manual therapy treatments should include neural mobilization too. Both central and peripheral nervous system and the body structures around them have complex interactions, so thorough evaluation and treatment procedures are necessary. The aim of this review is to understand whether neural mobilization following lumbar surgery may improve the outcome of rehabilitation and, in a positive case, to get a treatment indications. Five studies were found (two concerning neurodynamic treatment only; three concerning mixed protocols), which quality was evaluated following the current Cochrane Back Review Group rules. The results are inconclusive: neural mobilization exercises after lumbar surgery did not show significant both pain and disability improvements. The patients who were undertook to mixed protocols (active back and lower limb exercises, behavioural approach and neural mobilization) showed more short-terms benefits; at 12 months follow-up no significant differences between the groups were found. In conclusion, whether or not neurodynamic treatment is better than no treatment or placebo could not be established, nor could which particular neurodynamic treatment is the best. Nevertheless, considering its positive effect among other muscoloskeletal disorders, more research is necessary. The future research should better clarify time, programmes and follow-up details.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.


