FIELD: medicine.
SUBSTANCE: method involves placing physician fingers of the same name on bone reference points one of which is spinal process of the axis. The second one is the mastoid process of the occipital bone. When turning patient head to the right, right hand finger is placed by the physician on the right mastoid process of the occipital bone and the left finger on the spinal process of the axis. Left side turn being done by the patient, the physician changes hands position for mirror opposite one. Physiological test is carried out as active head turn done by the patient himself when retaining vertical vertebral column axis and craniovertebral transition state is estimated from availability or lack of spinal process rotation during the first movement stage when the head is turned to 25° and from availability or lack of displacement of mastoid process of the occipital bone level during the second movement phase when the head is turned to more than 25°.
EFFECT: enhanced effectiveness in detecting craniovertebral transition state without rotating the whole neck region; excluded simulation probability.
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