manual therapy

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manual therapy

Direct patient contact mobilisation designed and performed by a licensed physical therapist (PT), or supervised assistant, which is intended to restore joint or soft tissue mobility and reduce joint contracture.

man·u·al ther·a·py

(man'yū-ăl thār'ă-pē)

The use of skilled hand movements to manipulate tissues of the body to restore movement, alleviate pain, promote general health, or induce relaxation.

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

manual therapy

A collection of techniques in which hand movements are skillfully applied to mobilize joints and soft tissues. These techniques may be used to alleviate pain, improve motion, induce relaxation, reduce edema, and improve pulmonary and musculoskeletal function. See: manipulation; joint mobilization; soft-tissue mobilization

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Cervical arterial dissections and association with cervical manipulative therapy: a statement for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.

Cervical artery dissection related to chiropractic manipulation: one institution's experience: this study suggests that patients considering chiropractic cervical spine manipulation should be advised of the risks of potential arterial dissection and stroke

It is meaningful to quantitatively analyze the kinematics of spinal manipulative therapy [17].

Kinematics Analysis of Cervical Rotation-Traction Manipulation Measured by a Motion Capture System

For the intervention program, two studies (32,36) compared IASTM with a control group, one study (35) compared IASTM to soft-tissue massage, one study (34) compared two intervention programs that included either IASTM, strengthening exercises, stretching, and chiropractic manipulative therapy, and one study (38) compared three intervention programs that included either IASTM, dynamic strengthening (e.g., single leg hops), or proprioception exercises.

The efficacy of instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization: a systematic review

Finally, as the study was undertaken within the framework of a manual therapy trial a selection bias should be considered, as the authors report that in the manual therapy trial, participants were excluded if the treating clinician did not feel manipulative therapy was indicated.

People seeking treatment for a new episode of neck pain typically have rapid improvement in symptoms: an observational study

Tendon & Ligament Healing: A New Approach to Sports and Overuse Injury describes the author's manipulative therapy for serious and chronic work- and sports-related injuries.

Hope for Healing connective tissue

Assendelft WJ, Morton SC, Yu Emily I, Suttorp MJ, Shekelle PG (2004) Spinal manipulative therapy for low back pain Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews: CD000447.

The self-reported aggravating activities of people with chronic non-specific low back pain do not involve consistent directions of spinal movement: an observational study

The use of spinal manipulative therapy for pediatric health conditions: a systematic review of the literature.

Review of systematic reviews for chiropractic as a possible alternative to long acting beta agonists in asthma patients who are unresponsive to conventional therapy alone

Spinal manipulative therapy appears to benefit paediatric mechanical neck pain resulting from day-today activities with no reported serious adverse events.

Neck pain in children: a retrospective case series

Potter et al., "A randomized controlled trial of exercise and manipulative therapy for cervicogenic headache," Spine, vol.

Adverse events of massage therapy in pain-related conditions: a systematic review

Under the guidance of Brian Mulligan, a two year manipulative therapy course was developed.

Reflections on the growth of musculoskeletal physiotherapy in New Zealand over the last 100 years and the contribution of New Zealand physiotherapists on the world stage

Summary of: Hancock MJ, Maher CG, Latimer J, McLachlan AJ, Cooper CW, Day RO, Spindler MF, McAuley JH (2007) Assessment of diclofenac or spinal manipulative therapy, or both, in addition to recommended first-line treatment for acute low back pain: a randomised controlled trial.

Manipulative therapy or NSAIDS do not provide additional benefit to quality baseline care for acute back pain

In 2013, Scholten, et al, conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of 19 randomized controlled trials and found that when combining both non-musculoskeletal and musculoskeletal conditions, there is moderate level of evidence that manipulative therapy has a significant effect in adults on pain relief immediately after treatment.

Review of systematic reviews of acupuncture and chiropractic with an emphasis on the combination of the two modalities to treat chronic low back pain as an alternative to NSAIDs