Efeito da terapia manual na tontura e vertigem: revisão sistemática

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Abstract – Objectives: to analyze the effect(s) of manual therapy as a therapeutic approach for the treatment of dizziness/vertigo. Methods: this is a systematic review where the search for articles was carried out in the United States National Library of Medicine (PubMED), Virtual Health Library (VHL) and Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) databases, from February to April 2023, using the controlled terms found in the Health Science Descriptors (DeCS) in Portuguese “manual therapy”, “dizziness”; and in the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) “cervicogenic dizziness”, “dizziness”, “manual therapy”, combinations were made in Portuguese and English, using the Boolean operators OR and AND. Results: 64 publications potentially eligible to participate in the review were identified. After applying Relevance Tests 1 and 2, 10 articles were selected, which were evaluated by the PEDro scale and included if they had a score equal to or greater than 5. Conclusion: with regard to intensity, frequency, postural oscillation and the perception of the dizziness/vertigo reflex on patients' quality of life, manual therapy, in its heterogeneous presentations, proves to be an effective therapeutic approach for treating these symptoms.