Interesting Articles

A series of review papers are presented in order to assess some of the available evidence relating to the vertebrogenic effects of a vertebral subluxation. The offered material includes the neurophysiology, pathoneurophysiology, neural reflexes, and clinical presentations.

• Preface – The introduction to a clinical series
• Part 1 – Introduction
• Part 2 – Autonomic nervous system and somatic reflexes
• Part 3 – A central connection
• Part 4 – Vertebrogenicity
• Part 5 – Diversity in Vertebral Subluxations
• Part 6 – International medical literature and its clinical application of the somatovisceral model
• Part 7 – The Cervivogenic Factor
• Part 8 – The Cranial Nerves and the Cervical Spine

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