Abstract
Introduction.
Spondylolisthesis is one of the most frequent health problems in the
case of former professional women-gymnasts. The lack of adequate
treatment leads to serious troubles in the dynamic and the static state
of the spinal cord long, medium and short term (sometimes even
requiring surgical intervention), with major impact on the
patients’ activity and their social and professional
life.
Materials
and methods. The research has been carried out on a number
of 10 former professional women-gymnasts aged between 22 and 28, all
being clinically diagnosed with spondylolisthesis L5-S1. All the
patients suffered from hyperlordosis and scoliosis with primary lumbar
curvature. The treatment consisted in relaxing the lumbar vertebrae,
manipulating the sacral-iliac region, and central postero-anterior and
postero-anterior cranial-caudal manipulation on S1 level. The
assessment was achieved based on the clinical evaluation and the
initial and final radiological examination, and it lasted for 6 weeks,
with a frequency of 3-4 sessions a week.
Results.
Due to the
treatment, the clinical symptoms of spondylolisthesis disappeared, and
the results of the final X-ray examination were much better than the
initial ones.
Conclusions.
Due to
the treatment, the spondylolisthesis had a spectacular positive
evolution, fact which was proved by the X-ray results. The results
allow us to conclude that the vertebral manipulation is efficient in
the rehabilitation of spondylolisthesis in the case of former
professional women-gymnasts.
