Spinal Manipulation/Mobilization

Treating Back-Related Leg Pain With Spinal Manipulation and Home Exercise

Ann Intern Med. 2014;161(6):I-15. doi:10.7326/P14-9031 What is the problem and what is known about it so far? Back-related leg pain (BRLP), such as sciatica, is often disabling and causes more work loss, medication use, and health-related costs than uncomplicated low back pain. Nonpharmacologic interventions, including spinal manipulation, exercise, and education promoting self-management, are increasingly recommended as […]

Spinal Manipulation and Home Exercise With Advice for Subacute and Chronic Back-Related Leg Pain

16 September 2014 Spinal Manipulation and Home Exercise With Advice for Subacute and Chronic Back-Related Leg Pain: A Trial With Adaptive Allocation Gert Bronfort, DC, PhD Background: Back-related leg pain (BRLP) is often disabling and costly, and there is a paucity of research to guide its management. Objective: To determine whether spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) […]

Back-Related Leg Pain: Spine Manipulation Helps

Troy Brown, RN September 16, 2014 In patients with back-related leg pain (BRLP), spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) plus home exercise and advice (HEA) provided more short-term improvement in pain and function than HEA alone, according to a recent study. Gert Bronfort, DC, PhD, from the Center for Spirituality & Healing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and […]

Chiro Tx Helps Back-Related Leg Pain

by Shara Yurkiewicz, Staff Writer, MedPage Today 2014-09-15 Action Points Note that this randomized trial comparing spinal manipulation plus home exercise and advice with home exercise and advice alone in patients with back-related leg pain found that the spinal manipulation arm had significantly better pain scores at 12 weeks. Be aware that the study was […]

Clinical reasoning for manual therapy management of tension type and cervicogenic headache

Ce´sar Ferna´ndez-de-las-Pen˜as Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy 2014 VOL. 22 NO. 1 p 45-51 In recent years, there has been an increasing knowledge in the pathogenesis and better management of chronic headaches. Current scientific evidence supports the role of manual therapies in the management of tension type and cervicogenic headache, but the results are […]

Chiropractic Use in the Medicare Population

J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2014 Sep 15. pii: S0161-4754(14)00144-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2014.08.003. [Epub ahead of print] Chiropractic Use in the Medicare Population: Prevalence, Patterns, and Associations With 1-Year Changes in Health and Satisfaction With Care. Weigel P Abstract OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine how chiropractic care compares to medical treatments on 1-year […]

Exploring Patient Satisfaction: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial of Spinal Manipulation, Home Exercise, and Medication for Acute and Subacute Neck Pain

J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2014 Sep 5. pii: S0161-4754(14)00146-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2014.08.005. [Epub ahead of print] Exploring Patient Satisfaction: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial of Spinal Manipulation, Home Exercise, and Medication for Acute and Subacute Neck Pain. Leininger BD Abstract OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to assess satisfaction with specific aspects […]

Short-term effect of spinal manipulation on pain perception, spinal mobility, and full height recovery in male subjects with degenerative disk disease

Short Term Effects of Spinal Manipulation The Study: Short-term effect of spinal manipulation on pain perception, spinal mobility, and full height recovery in male subjects with degenerative disk disease: a randomized controlled trial. The Facts: The treatment was high velocity low amplitude manipulation of the L5-S1 area. The subjects were men with degenerative joint disease. […]

Immediate effects of spinal manipulation on nitric oxide, substance P and pain perception

Manual Therapy Volume 19, Issue 5, Pages 411–417, October 2014 Abstract Previous studies have analyzed the effects of spinal manipulation on pain sensitivity by using several sensory modalities, but to our knowledge, no studies have focused on serum biomarkers involved in the nociceptive pathway after spinal manipulation. Our objectives were to determine the immediate effect […]

The best evidence in back and neck pain care – CBRG QuickDecks – Slide Shows

CBRG QuickDecks is a set of the summary slides describing findings from systematic reviews published by the Cochrane Back Review Group (CBRG). These summaries provide clinicians and researchers with a snapshot of evidence on various treatment and prevention measures for back and neck pain. Below you will find the summaries organized by intervention type (pharmacological/surgical/ […]

Short-Term Effect of Spinal Manipulation on Pain Perception, Spinal Mobility, and Full Height Recovery in Male Subjects With Degenerative Disk Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial

VOLUME 95, ISSUE 9, P1613-1619, SEPTEMBER 2014 Felipe Vieira-Pellenz, PT, PhD Published: May 23, 2014 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2014.05.002 Abstract Objective To evaluate the short-term effect on spinal mobility, pain perception, neural mechanosensitivity, and full height recovery after high-velocity, low-amplitude (HVLA) spinal manipulation (SM) in the lumbosacral joint (L5-S1). Design Randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical trial with evaluations at […]

Exploring Patient Satisfaction: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial of Spinal Manipulation, Home Exercise, and Medication for Acute and Subacute Neck Pain

J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2014 Sep 5. pii: S0161-4754(14)00146-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2014.08.005. [Epub ahead of print] Exploring Patient Satisfaction: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial of Spinal Manipulation, Home Exercise, and Medication for Acute and Subacute Neck Pain. Leininger BD Abstract OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to assess satisfaction with specific aspects […]

Integrative therapies for low back pain that include complementary and alternative medicine care

Glob Adv Health Med. 2014 Sep;3(5):49-64. doi: 10.7453/gahmj.2014.043. Integrative therapies for low back pain that include complementary and alternative medicine care: a systematic review. Kizhakkeveettil A, Rose K1, Kadar GE1. Abstractin English, Chinese, Spanish STUDY DESIGN: Systematic review of the literature. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether an integrated approach that includes different Complementary and Alternative Medicine […]

The Effects of Manual Therapy Using Joint Mobilization and Flexion-distraction Techniques on Chronic Low Back Pain and Disc Heights

J Phys Ther Sci. 2014 Aug;26(8):1259-62. doi: 10.1589/jpts.26.1259. Epub 2014 Aug 30. The Effects of Manual Therapy Using Joint Mobilization and Flexion-distraction Techniques on Chronic Low Back Pain and Disc Heights. Choi J1, Hwangbo G2, Park J3, Lee S3. Abstract [Purpose] The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of manual therapy using […]

Spinal manipulative therapy and exercise for seniors with chronic neck pain

Michele Maiers, DC, MPH The Spine Journal Volume 14, Issue 9, 1 September 2014, Pages 1879–1889 Abstract Background context Neck pain, common among the elderly population, has considerable implications on health and quality of life. Evidence supports the use of spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) and exercise to treat neck pain; however, no studies to date […]

Thoracic manipulation versus mobilization in patients with mechanical neck pain

J Man Manip Ther. 2014 Aug;22(3):141-53. doi: 10.1179/2042618613Y.0000000043. Thoracic manipulation versus mobilization in patients with mechanical neck pain: a systematic review. Young JL, Walker D, Snyder S, Daly K. Author information Abstract OBJECTIVES: Thoracic manipulation is widely used in physical therapy and has been shown to be effective at addressing mechanical neck pain. However, thoracic […]

Non‐invasive physical treatments for chronic/recurrent headache – Full Text Article

Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014 Aug; 2014(8): CD001878. Published online 2014 Aug 26. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001878.pub3 PMCID: PMC6483320 PMID: 25157618 Gert Brønfort Abstract Background Non‐invasive physical treatments are often used to treat common types of chronic/recurrent headache. Objectives To quantify and compare the magnitude of short‐ and long‐term effects of non‐invasive physical treatments for chronic/recurrent headaches. […]

Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research warns doctors about misleading American Heart Association statement regarding strokes and chiropractic

Published on Aug 11, 2014 Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research warns doctors about misleading American Heart Association statement regarding strokes and chiropractic. http://youtu.be/zCp_KDXet9g Full news release at: http://blogs.palmer.edu/news/2014/08/11/leading-scientist-takes-american-heart-association-to-task/ YouTube Link   They looked at research which studied biomechanics of the spine to see if SMT could cause decreased blood flow to the vertebral arteries.  NOT […]

Ultrasound Imaging of the Trapeziometacarpal Articular Cavity to Investigate the Presence of Intraarticular Gas Bubbles After Chiropractic Manipulation

J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2014 Aug 8. pii: S0161-4754(14)00113-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2014.06.002. [Epub ahead of print] Ultrasound Imaging of the Trapeziometacarpal Articular Cavity to Investigate the Presence of Intraarticular Gas Bubbles After Chiropractic Manipulation. Jones AR. Abstract OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the presence of intraarticular gas bubbles in the trapeziometacarpal joint […]

The effects of spinal mobilizations on the sympathetic nervous system: A systematic review

Manual Therapy Volume 19, Issue 4, August 2014, Pages 281-287 Systematic review Laura Kingston Abstract The activity of the sympathetic nervous system is of importance to manual therapists, since the experience of pain is associated with sympathetic activity. There has been little exploration into the effects of mobilizing vertebral segments below the cervical spine. In […]