This study is to examine whether the chiropractic cervical vertebral correction
has an effect on the posture and the balance, the main factors of weight
distribution by adding stimulation to the nervous system through stimulation of
proprioceptive ...
This study is to examine whether the chiropractic cervical vertebral correction
has an effect on the posture and the balance, the main factors of weight
distribution by adding stimulation to the nervous system through stimulation of
proprioceptive sense acceptor of chiropractic correction for scalar vestibuli,
visuometer, somatesthesia, the main factors of posture control or not.
This study has a purpose of examining whether the chiropractic correction of
cervical vertebral has an effect on weight distribution through foot pressure
measure, one of the evaluation methods of body balancing ability or not. The study
procedures were carried out for the 40 subjects (male 20, female 19) from Suan
remedial exercise cure center within Chinese medical clinic of Hanseo University,
and from Hanseo University students, located in Seosan city, Chungcheongnam-do
from Oct. 18 to Nov. 20, 2010. Of the selected 40 persons, 26 persons were in
chiropractic treatment group, and 14 persons were in myofascial release treatment
group, and among the chiropractic treatment group, 20 persons (male 10, female 10)
received chiropractic treatment 3 times a week for 4 weeks to verify whether the
chiropractic cervical vertebral correction has an effect to body balance or not.
The result of study is as follows.
As the result of measuring foot pressure of 1 time chiropractic treatement group,
it changed from 42.13% before treatment to 43.99% after treatment at front foot
pressure distribution, and from 57.66% to 55.76% at rear foot pressure distribution,
from 50.40% to 50.68% at left foot pressure distribution, and from 49.63% to
49.09% at right foot pressure distribution. So, it showed there was no change after
1 time chiropractic treatment as it was bigger than significance probability p < 0.05.
Comparing the average difference before and after the treatment, it showed no
change after 1 time chiropractic treatment because it was bigger than significance
probability p < 0.05 as front 1.86% increase, rear 1.9% decrease, left 0.28% crease,
right 0.54% decrease.
In the result of measuring the foot pressure of the 1 time myofascial release
treatment group, it showed the change from 40.14% at front foot pressure
distribution before treatment to 40.48% after treatment, from 60.03% to 59.53% at
the rear foot pressure distribution, from 49.49% to 51.20% at the left foot pressure
distribution, from 50.44% to 49.02% at the right foot pressure distribution.
Comparing the average difference before and after the treatment, there was no
change after 1 time myofascial release treatment because it was bigger than the change after 1 time myofascial release treatment because it was bigger than the
significance probability p < 0.05 as front 0.34% increase, rear 0.5% decrease, left
1.71% increase, and right 1.42% decrease.
In the result of measuring the foot pressure of total 12 time chiropractic
treatments group during 4 weeks, it was changed from 40.99% before treatment to
45.96% after treatment at front foot pressure distribution, from 59.12% to 54.04% at
rear foot pressure distribution, from 50.81% to 48.25% at left foot pressure
distribution, and from 49.25% to 51.74% at right foot pressure distribution.
Comparing the average difference before and after the treatment, it showed it
didn't have any effect on the change after 4 week- chiropractic treatment because
the change of front and rear foot pressure measurement was bigger than the
significance probability p < 0.05 as front 4.97% increase, rear 5.8% decrease, left
2.56% decrease, and right 2.49% increase, but, the change of right & left foot
pressure measures was statistically smaller than significance probability p < 0.05,
so, it represented that the 4-week chiropractic treatment had an effect on the
weight distribution by means of left and right foot pressure distribution analysis.
According to this result, we could know that 1 time treatment of chiropractic
cervical vertebral correction and myofascial release doesn't have an effect
statistically on the weight distribution examined by foot pressure measure. But, in
the chiropractic cervical vertebral correction carried out for 4 weeks, there was a
change in left and right sides. Therefore, we could know it has an effect on
weight distribution by body balance when treated long time not 1 time.