Association of Spinal
Manipulative Therapy With Clinical Benefit and Harm for Acute Low Back Pain: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
6) General mechanisms and effects of spinal
manipulative therapy (Basic science)
When evaluating pain in general, spinal
manipulative therapy has been found to reduce pain.
Chiropractic care for animals, officially known as Veterinary Spinal
Manipulative Therapy (VSMT), is an alternative medicine treatment that may help some dogs stay active or regain previous activity levels.
A history of
manipulative therapy; The Journal of Manual &
Manipulative Therapy.
Fleckenstein, who is also certified in veterinary spinal
manipulative therapy and pain management and trained in herbal therapy.
5-7 Spinal manual therapy is used in treatment of LBP and significant improvement in Oswestry Disability Questionnaire(ODQ) and Numeric Pain Rating Scores (NPRS) were achieved from both thrust and non thrust
manipulative therapy technique, but significant differences in ODQ was obtained in favour of thrust manipulation group.
Group A underwent a chiropractic Spinal
Manipulative Therapy (SMT) procedure, while Group B underwent nontherapeutic Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) procedure.
The treatment includes Hydrotherapy, Mud therapy, Massage &
Manipulative Therapy,Counseling diet & fasting, Acupuncture, acupressure, solar/chromo therapy, magneto therapy, physiotherapy& various Yoga techniques/ asanas.
Ferreira ML, Ferreira PH, Latimer J, Herbert RD, Hodges PW, Jennings MD, Maher CG, Refshauge KM (2007) Comparison of general exercise, motor control exercise and spinal
manipulative therapy for chronic low back pain: A randomized trial.
In a case report (20) about chiropractic
manipulative therapy, the patient favorably responded to the treatment of CBM combined with ultrasound, cryotherapy, muscle stimulation, massage, and wrist supports, and the pain diminished at the 3rd month.
A randomized controlled trial of exercise and
manipulative therapy for cervicogenic headache.
