Spinal manipulation modestly improved pain and function in low back pain during a follow-up of 6 weeks or less, a systematic review and meta-analysis has found.

Spinal manipulative therapy was clinically and statistically superior only to sham manipulation or to the group of therapies judged to be ineffective or even harmful, such as traction, corset, bed ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Compared with mechanical-assisted manipulation and usual medical care, manual-thrust manipulation provided patients with more relief of low back pain in the short term ...

- Spinal manipulation therapy may work as well for easing lower back pain as anti-inflammatory medications, a research review concludes.

Based on data from 47 previously conducted trials involving a total of 9,211 mostly middle-aged adults, spinal manipulation eased lower back pain as much as exercise, non-steroidal anti ...

A robotic training system developed in china is helping standardize best practices for spinal manipulation.