Abstract | OBJECTIVE: This article is aimed at critically evaluating the evidence from systematic reviews (SRs) of spinal manipulation in patients with pain. DESIGN: The study was designed as a SR of SRs. METHODS: Four electronic databases were searched to identify all relevant articles of the effectiveness of spinal manipulation for pain. SRs were defined as articles employing a repeatable methods section. RESULTS: Twenty-two SRs relating to the following pain conditions: low back pain (N = 6), headache (N = 5), neck pain (N = 4), any medical problem (N = 1), carpal tunnel syndrome (N = 1), dysmenorrhea (N = 1), fibromyalgia (N = 1), lateral epicondylitis (N = 1), musculoskeletal conditions (N = 1) and nonspinal pain (N = 1), were included. Positive or, for multiple SR, unanimously positive conclusions were drawn for none of the conditions mentioned earlier. LIMITATION: Publication bias as a well-known phenomenon may have been inherited in this article. CONCLUSION:
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Authors | Paul Posadzki |
Journal | Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.)
(Pain Med)
Vol. 13
Issue 6
Pg. 754-61
(Jun 2012)
ISSN: 1526-4637 [Electronic] England |
PMID | 22621391
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
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Copyright | Wiley Periodicals, Inc. |
Topics |
- Humans
- Manipulation, Spinal
- Pain
(rehabilitation)
- Treatment Outcome
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