title: Radionuclide oesophageal transit scintigraphy--a useful method for verification of oesophageal dysmotility by cervical vertebropathy.
abstract: We followed up a group of 43 patients suffering from cervical vertebropathy. Dynamic scintigraphy revealed a significant prolongation of oesophageal transit time of 10 ml of labelled liquid (mean transit time, MTT) in comparison with a control group. Patients treated with acupuncture showed a significant reduction in MTT in comparison with patients receiving a placebo needle application. The group of patients treated with manipulative techniques showed in addition to symptom alleviation a significant reduction in MTT. Dynamic scintigraphy facilitates verification of oesophageal dysmotility in patients suffering from vertebropathy and enables the success of therapy to be readily monitored.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Brno-Bohunice, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hep
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vanásková
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tosnerová
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Prásek
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vizd'a
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Díte
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ondrousek
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dolina
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D015154:Esophageal Motility Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D004947:Esophagus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D020393:Manipulation, Spinal; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging