Dennis DiGiorgi Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2018 26:9 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12998-018-0177-z Abstract Over a period of decades chiropractors have utilized spinal manipulation under anesthesia (SMUA) to treat chronic back and neck pain. As an advanced form of manual therapy, SMUA is reserved for the patient whose condition has proven refractory to office-based manipulation and other modes of […]
Spinal manipulation under anesthesia (MUA), performed by chiropractic clinicians since the 1960s, has been the subject of controversy and debate because of the absence of widely accepted guidelines for its practice.1 As such, the procedure is not universally covered by health insurance companies, many of which regard it as experimental—except for certain allowable conditions, such […]
Gordon R, et al. Chiropr Man Therap. 2014 Feb 3;22(1):7. [Epub ahead of print] Abstract BACKGROUND: There are currently no widely accepted guidelines on standards for the practice of chiropractic or manual therapy manipulation under anesthesia, and the evidence base for this practice is composed primarily of lower-level evidence. The purpose of this project was […]