Patent ID: 6616619
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A method for etiologic diagnosis of postural disturbances, comprising the steps of:identifying the type of a patient's postural disturbance to ascertain whether it is of an ascending, descending or multiple type, by means of mechanical maneuvers each apt to inhibit a respective foot or cranial nervous input to the Central Nervous System; and in case an ascending postural disturbance is identified, identifying the specific intrinsic muscle(s) of the foot sole responsible for such disturbance, wherein said step of identifying the type of postural disturbance in its turn comprises, in a patient having hypertonic hip rotator muscle, the steps of: positioning the patient's hand contralateral to the rotator hypertone onto the shoulder homolateral to the hypertone, so as to interrupt inputs coming from the cranial receptors; and positioning the patient's hand homolateral to the hypertone under the patient's nape, so as to interrupt inputs coming from the foot receptors.