| Title | Treatment of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia using instrument-assisted manipulation of the fourth rib: a 6-year case study. | | Author(s) | Julian MR | | Institution | Private practice, Reston, VA 20191, USA. drmrjulian@gmail.com | | Source | J Manipulative Physiol Ther 2008 Jun; 31(5):389-91. | | Abstract | OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this case report was to describe the observation of the manipulation of the fourth rib followed by the reproducible, rapid return of heart rate to normal in a patient with paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia. CLINICAL FEATURES: A male patient had paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia. He was evaluated using standard methods of palpation. He was followed over a 6-year period. INTERVENTION AND OUTCOME: The patient was treated during episodes of supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) with instrument-assisted manipulation of the fourth rib without treatment of any other segments. Tachycardia was eliminated after rib manipulation within less than 2 minutes. Over a 6-year period, effective control of episodes of SVT was consistently achieved associated with manipulation of the fourth rib.
CONCLUSIONS: This case study is suggestive of a relationship between SVT and misalignment of the fourth rib. Controlled studies are necessary to validate this observation. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 18558281 |
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