CV4 technique
CV4 is a technique used by osteopathic physicians to reduce anxiety and other complaints.[1] Research has suggested that this teqnique reduces pain,[2] decreases sleep latency,[3] and decreases sympathetic activity.[4] Physiologically CV4 has is believed to facilitate extension phase of Primary Respiratory Movement, Resist flexion phase of Primary Respiratory Movement and Inhibit the occipital flexion phase.
Other research has not always shown this teqnique to offer any advantages over "touch."[5]
Procedure
References
- ^ O Otman. Does the CV4 osteopathic technique decrease blood pressure and heart rate on anxious subjects? An experimental study. 2011, January, 07.
- ^ Hanten WP, Olson SL, Hodson JL, et al. The effectiveness of CV-4 and resting position techniques on subjects with tensiontype headaches. J Man Manipulative Ther. 1999;7(2):64-70.
- ^ Cutler MJ, Holland BS, Stupski BA, et al. Cranial manipulation can alter sleep latency and sympathetic nerve activity in humans: a pilot study. J Altern Complement Med. 2005 Feb;11(1):103-8.
- ^ Cutler MJ, Holland BS, Stupski BA, et al. Cranial manipulation can alter sleep latency and sympathetic nerve activity in humans: a pilot study. J Altern Complement Med. 2005 Feb;11(1):103-8.
- ^ Milnes, Kate; Moran, Robert W., Physiological effects of a CV4 cranial osteopathic technique on autonomic nervous system function: A preliminary investigation. March 2007.