Cost-Effectiveness of Non-Invasive and Non-Pharmacological Interventions for Low Back Pain: A Systematic Literature Review The identified evidence suggests that combined physical and psychological treatments, medical yoga, information and education programmes, spinal manipulation and acupuncture are likely to be cost-effective options…
Treatment Effectiveness and Fidelity of Manual Therapy to the Knee: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis The findings in the present meta-analytical review support the use of MT versus a number of different comparators for improvement in self-reported knee function. Lesser…
Changes in Manipulative Peak Force Modulation and Time to Peak Thrust Among First-Year Chiropractic Students Following a 12-Week Detraining Period The results indicate no drop-off in the ability to modulate force for either thrust intensity, but did indicate a statistically…
Current Practices in Lumbar Surgery Perioperative Rehabilitation: A Scoping Review A wide range of objective and subjective outcomes is used to document changes after active rehabilitation. Program components include both active and assisted interventions combined with various means of education…
Variability in Diagnostic Error Rates of 10 MRI Centers Performing Lumbar Spine MRI Examinations on the Same Patient Within a 3-week Period This study found marked variability in the reported interpretive findings and a high prevalence of interpretive errors in…
Chiropractic Spinal Manipulative Therapy for Migraine: A Three-Armed, Single-Blinded, Placebo, Randomized Controlled Trial It is possible to conduct a manual-therapy RCT with concealed placebo. The effect of CSMT observed in our study is probably due to a placebo response. #science…
Differential Displacement of Soft Tissue Layers From Manual Therapy Loading Surface loading of the torso in combined posteroanterior and caudocephalic directions result in both displacement of tissues anteriorly and in shearing between tissue layers in the plane of the tissues…
T4 Syndrome: A Scoping Review of the Literature T4 syndrome is a diagnosis of exclusion that appears to be rare. It has been treated conservatively in the literature using mobilization and exercise. There is no high-quality evidence published about T4…
Serum Vitamin C and Spinal Pain: A Nationwide Study Our study shows associations between vitamin C and spinal pain that warrant further investigation to determine the possible importance of vitamin C in the treatment of back pain patients. #science #chiropractor…
The Clinical Value of Assessing Lumbar Posteroanterior Segmental Stiffness: A Narrative Review of Manual and Instrumented Methods Importantly, although posteroanterior segmental spinal stiffness is hypothesized to be related closely to low back pain or clinical outcomes after treatments, no review…