Vertebral artery in relationship to C1-C2 vertebrae: An anatomical study

Neurology India;  April 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......anatomy of the vertebral artery in the region...incidence of vertebral artery injury during...pertaining to the vertebral artery in relationship...anatomy of the vertebral artery was evaluated...artery on the inferior surface of the superior...from the ...

The mechanics of neck manipulation with special consideration of the...

The Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association;  September 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......with neck manipulation. Specifically, vertebral artery dissection, or other mechanical injury...focused on blood flow through the vertebral artery during diagnostic, and before and...treatment. There was (is) concern that vertebral artery occlusion may occur during neck ...

Distress triggered cervical root compression pain by looped vertebral...

Neurology India;  July 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......blood axial MR images revealed that vertebral artery loop compressed the Cface=+Subscript...time-of-flight) MR Angiography showed a vertebral artery tortuosity [Figure 3]. The patient...radiculopathy due to loops of the vertebral artery is seen rare. The average age was...

Techniques in the treatment of craniovertebral instability

Neurology India;  October 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......course of the vertebral artery, extensive...and important vertebral artery relationship...contralateral vertebral artery. The vertebral artery adopts a serpentine...location of the vertebral artery groove on the...variations. The vertebral ...

Transforaminal Cervical Epidural Injections

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine;  March 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......accurately depicts the clinical course of vertebral artery dissection: thrombosis of the artery...the affected artery is the dominant vertebral artery and consequently, most of the blood...deserves discussion is the mechanism of vertebral artery injury by a 25-gauge, 2.5 inch, ...

Lethal Vertebral Artery Dissection in Pregnancy: A Case Report and Review...

Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine;  April 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......pregnant woman who developed right vertebral artery dissection with subsequent massive...the varied predisposing factors for vertebral artery dissection and subarachnoid hemorrhage...and carries a high mortality rate.12 Vertebral artery dissection is a rare cause of SAH...

Small Risk for Stroke

The Washington Post;  May 22, 2003 ;     204 words ......rare type of stroke discussed -- the vertebral artery dissection -- has been associated...measured the forces transmitted to the vertebral artery during cervical spine (neck) manipulation...stretch or otherwise damage a normal vertebral artery. Based upon this study and other ...

Robotic measurement and control for chiropractic research

Applied Bionics and Biomechanics;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......also implicated cSMT as a cause of vertebral artery dissection (Haldeman et al. 2002...anatomical configuration of the vertebral artery makes it vulnerable to injury. As the vertebral artery exits from the vertebral foramina...

Neurology Study 'Fraught With Design Flaws,' According to American...

PR Newswire;  May 12, 2003 ;     700+ words ......factor for strokes resulting from vertebral artery dissections is fraught with design...treatment and one rare type of stroke--a Vertebral Artery Dissection (VAD). This is an unusual...Although the study found cases where vertebral artery stroke appeared to be correlated with...

Spontaneous vertebral artery dissection mimicking acute vertigo: Case...

The Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology;  December 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......examination, was found to have vertebral artery dissection (VAD). This case...chiropractic manipulation, vertebral artery dissection, vertebrobasilar system, vertigo. INTRODUCTION Vertebral artery dissection (VAD) is an uncommon...

Stroke following vertebral artery dissection: a case study.

MedSurg Nursing;  August 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......arteries (PICA). Embolization from vertebral artery dissection secondary to cervical manipulation...the proximal two-thirds of the right vertebral artery. The patient had been seen by a chiropractor...internal carotid artery (ICA). The vertebral artery (VA) has also been frequently ...

RADIOLOGICAL CASE OF THE MONTH

Applied Radiology;  December 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......hemimedullary syndrome secondary to vertebral artery dissection IMAGING FINDINGS Computed...termination of the nondominant left vertebral artery at the level of Cl vertebra (Figure 3). The right vertebral artery, though patent, showed an area...

Canadian Chiropractic Researchers

The Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association;  June 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......manipulation effect the integrity of the vertebral artery. Her overall goal is to provide an...pre-existing pathological lesions of the vertebral artery are affected by manipulation. Her...development of an animal model of a vertebral artery injury that can be directly interrogated...

Ultrasound Guided Deep Cervical Plexus Block

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care;  April 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......predominantly supply muscle5. Relationship to vertebral artery The vertebral artery lies in close proximity to the C2, 3 and...identifying the deep cervical plexus. The vertebral artery arises from the first part of the subclavian...

STUDY PITS TRADITIONAL AGAINST CHIROPRACTIC

The Boston Globe;  May 27, 2003 ;     700+ words ......medical lingo as dissection of the vertebral artery - from the chiropractors providing...a patient with a dissection of the vertebral artery who recently visited a chiropractor...spinal manipulative therapy] and vertebral artery dissection" in the May edition of...