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A Systematic Review on Spinal Asymmetries in Case Studies of Unilateral Nephroptosis from a Viscerosomatic Point of View

The assessment of posture and asymmetries is common in musculoskeletal clinical practice, and correction is a frequent goal. In this setting, posture and asymmetries are usually interpreted in terms of musculoskeletal issues. This study aimed to evaluate spinal asymmetries in case studies of unilate...

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Autores principales: Oliva-Pascual-Vaca, Ángel, Castillo-Cañuelo, María José, Oliva-Pascual-Vaca, Jesús, Pérez-Montalbán, María, Ordonez, Francisco Javier, Martínez-Fernández, José Antonio
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9777558/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36553946
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10122422
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author Oliva-Pascual-Vaca, Ángel
Castillo-Cañuelo, María José
Oliva-Pascual-Vaca, Jesús
Pérez-Montalbán, María
Ordonez, Francisco Javier
Martínez-Fernández, José Antonio
author_facet Oliva-Pascual-Vaca, Ángel
Castillo-Cañuelo, María José
Oliva-Pascual-Vaca, Jesús
Pérez-Montalbán, María
Ordonez, Francisco Javier
Martínez-Fernández, José Antonio
author_sort Oliva-Pascual-Vaca, Ángel
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description The assessment of posture and asymmetries is common in musculoskeletal clinical practice, and correction is a frequent goal. In this setting, posture and asymmetries are usually interpreted in terms of musculoskeletal issues. This study aimed to evaluate spinal asymmetries in case studies of unilateral nephroptosis. A systematic review was performed using PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus and Web of Science. We included case reports and case series of nephroptotic patients which showed diagnostic imaging that allowed us to assess the presence of spinal asymmetries in the frontal plane. The methodological quality of the selected studies was assessed by using Case Report (CARE) checklist. Nineteen studies were included, with a total number of 78 reported patients (69 women) ranging 22 to 44 years old (mean: 29). Only one patient presented with medial nephroptosis, while the rest presented with caudal migration. Ninety-one percent of the cases affected to the right kidney. All cases but two showed homolateral flank closure (lower rib descent, iliac crest raise and/or homolateral side-bending). The correction of nephroptosis, either by supine position or surgical treatment, removed asymmetries in some cases while other cases improved only partly. Manual therapists must consider visceral implications while assessing body posture. Further, since the most common symptom of nephroptosis is loin pain, and it has been claimed that loin pain is underdiagnosed, manual therapists should consider its potential presence during clinical practice. Finally, being that nephroptosis shares several features with idiopathic lumbar scoliosis (type of patient, postural adaptation), more research is needed regarding any possible relation between them.
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spelling pubmed-97775582022-12-23 A Systematic Review on Spinal Asymmetries in Case Studies of Unilateral Nephroptosis from a Viscerosomatic Point of View Oliva-Pascual-Vaca, Ángel Castillo-Cañuelo, María José Oliva-Pascual-Vaca, Jesús Pérez-Montalbán, María Ordonez, Francisco Javier Martínez-Fernández, José Antonio Healthcare (Basel) Review The assessment of posture and asymmetries is common in musculoskeletal clinical practice, and correction is a frequent goal. In this setting, posture and asymmetries are usually interpreted in terms of musculoskeletal issues. This study aimed to evaluate spinal asymmetries in case studies of unilateral nephroptosis. A systematic review was performed using PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus and Web of Science. We included case reports and case series of nephroptotic patients which showed diagnostic imaging that allowed us to assess the presence of spinal asymmetries in the frontal plane. The methodological quality of the selected studies was assessed by using Case Report (CARE) checklist. Nineteen studies were included, with a total number of 78 reported patients (69 women) ranging 22 to 44 years old (mean: 29). Only one patient presented with medial nephroptosis, while the rest presented with caudal migration. Ninety-one percent of the cases affected to the right kidney. All cases but two showed homolateral flank closure (lower rib descent, iliac crest raise and/or homolateral side-bending). The correction of nephroptosis, either by supine position or surgical treatment, removed asymmetries in some cases while other cases improved only partly. Manual therapists must consider visceral implications while assessing body posture. Further, since the most common symptom of nephroptosis is loin pain, and it has been claimed that loin pain is underdiagnosed, manual therapists should consider its potential presence during clinical practice. Finally, being that nephroptosis shares several features with idiopathic lumbar scoliosis (type of patient, postural adaptation), more research is needed regarding any possible relation between them. MDPI 2022-11-30 /pmc/articles/PMC9777558/ /pubmed/36553946 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10122422 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Oliva-Pascual-Vaca, Ángel
Castillo-Cañuelo, María José
Oliva-Pascual-Vaca, Jesús
Pérez-Montalbán, María
Ordonez, Francisco Javier
Martínez-Fernández, José Antonio
A Systematic Review on Spinal Asymmetries in Case Studies of Unilateral Nephroptosis from a Viscerosomatic Point of View
title A Systematic Review on Spinal Asymmetries in Case Studies of Unilateral Nephroptosis from a Viscerosomatic Point of View
title_full A Systematic Review on Spinal Asymmetries in Case Studies of Unilateral Nephroptosis from a Viscerosomatic Point of View
title_fullStr A Systematic Review on Spinal Asymmetries in Case Studies of Unilateral Nephroptosis from a Viscerosomatic Point of View
title_full_unstemmed A Systematic Review on Spinal Asymmetries in Case Studies of Unilateral Nephroptosis from a Viscerosomatic Point of View
title_short A Systematic Review on Spinal Asymmetries in Case Studies of Unilateral Nephroptosis from a Viscerosomatic Point of View
title_sort systematic review on spinal asymmetries in case studies of unilateral nephroptosis from a viscerosomatic point of view
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9777558/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36553946
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10122422
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