Bahnof R
Disabil Rehabil. 1999 Dec;21(12):563-5. doi: 10.1080/096382899297224.
PURPOSE/METHOD: This paper reports on a process of intensive physiotherapy used to treat severe dysfunction caused by dropped head syndrome, a rare clinicopathological entity, in which the sufferer is not able to hold the head upright, so that it falls forward and the chin lies permanently on the chest. This, in turn, causes severe impairment of the activities of daily life and of social intercourse.
RESULTS/OUTCOMES: The medical treatment of an 80 year-old woman with this syndrome was supplemented with a 6-month course (four times a week) of manual physiotherapy, and the combined success of the two approaches enabled her to resume management of her home and return to her social life.
目的/方法：本文报道了一种强化物理治疗方法，用于治疗由低头综合征引起的严重功能障碍，低头综合征是一种罕见的临床病理病症，患者无法将头部保持直立，头部向前下垂，下巴长期贴在胸部。这进而导致日常生活活动和社交严重受损。
结果/成果：对一名患有该综合征的80岁女性进行药物治疗的同时，辅以为期6个月（每周4次）的手法物理治疗，两种方法结合取得了成功，使她能够重新管理自己的家庭并恢复社交生活。
