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Does inter-vertebral range of motion increase after spinal manipulation? A prospective cohort study. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Background: Spinal manipulation for nonspecific neck pain is thought to work in part by improving inter-vertebral range of motion (IV-RoM), but it is difficult to measure this or determine whether it is related to clinical outcomes.
A Aho   +43 more
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Force monitor for training manual skills in the training of chiropractors [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
As part of their training, students of Chiropractic Medicine at Zürich are trained to acquire and then improve their manual and manipulative skills, especially their ability to deliver manipulative thrusts with a defined preloading force, an impulse that
Eckhardt, Darius   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Cost-effectiveness of spinal manipulation, exercise, and self-management for spinal pain using an individual participant data meta-analysis approach: a study protocol

open access: yesChiropractic & Manual Therapies, 2018
Background Spinal pain is a common and disabling condition with considerable socioeconomic burden. Spine pain management in the United States has gathered increased scrutiny amidst concerns of overutilization of costly and potentially harmful ...
Brent Leininger   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clinical reasoning in canine spinal disease: what combination of clinical information is useful? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Spinal disease in dogs is commonly encountered in veterinary practice. Numerous diseases may cause similar clinical signs and presenting histories. The study objective was to use statistical models to identify combinations of discrete parameters from the
ABRAMSON   +36 more
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Influence of Intervertebral Fixation and Segmental Thrust Level on Immediate Post-Spinal Manipulation Trunk Muscle Spindle Response in an Animal Model

open access: yesBrain Sciences, 2021
Objective: To characterize the effect of unilateral (single and two-level) lumbar facet/zygapophysial joint fixation on paraspinal muscle spindle activity immediately following L4 or L6 high velocity low amplitude spinal manipulation (HVLA-SM) delivered ...
Carla R. Lima   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cervical epidural hematoma after spinal manipulation therapy: a case report

open access: yesBMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2019
Background Cervical spinal manipulation therapy is a common non-invasive treatment for neck pain and stiffness, and has been widely used in the population.
Qian Chen   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Potential Mechanisms of High-Velocity, Low-Amplitude, Controlled Vertebral Thrusts on Neuroimmune Function: A Narrative Review

open access: yesMedicina, 2021
The current COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated the need to find healthcare solutions that boost or support immunity. There is some evidence that high-velocity, low-amplitude (HVLA) controlled vertebral thrusts have the potential to modulate immune ...
Heidi Haavik   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Impact of Spinal Manipulation on Migraine Pain and Disability: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

open access: yesHeadache, 2019
Several small studies have suggested that spinal manipulation may be an effective treatment for reducing migraine pain and disability. We performed a systematic review and meta‐analysis of published randomized clinical trials (RCTs) to evaluate the ...
P. Rist   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Estimating the number needed to treat from continuous outcomes in randomised controlled trials: methodological challenges and worked example using data from the UK Back Pain Exercise and Manipulation (BEAM) trial [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Background Reporting numbers needed to treat (NNT) improves interpretability of trial results. It is unusual that continuous outcomes are converted to numbers of individual responders to treatment (i.e., those who reach a particular threshold of change);
A Beurskens   +43 more
core   +3 more sources

Spinal manipulation frequency and dosage effects on clinical and physiological outcomes: a scoping review

open access: yesChiropractic & Manual Therapies, 2019
IntroductionThe burden of musculoskeletal disorders increases every year, with low back and neck pain being the most frequently reported conditions for seeking manual therapy treatment.
Mégane Pasquier   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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