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<< Tillbaka| Överskrift | Lasting changes in passive range motion after spinal manipulation: a randomized, blind, controlled trial |
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| Upplaga | 3 |
| Sidor | 165-8 |
| Överskrift | Lasting changes in passive range motion after spinal manipulation: a randomized, blind, controlled trial |
| Beskrivning | PURPOSE: To study whether a 3-wk series of spinal manipulation has any lasting effect on passive cervical range of motion. DESIGN: Randomized, controlled trial with a blind observer. SETTING: Ambulatory outpatient facility in an independent National Health Service funded chiropractic research institution. PARTICIPANTS: Thirty-nine headache sufferers who, on entering the study, displayed objectively decreased passive cervical range of motion. These subjects were recruited from 400 headache sufferers who responded to newspaper advertisements. INTERVENTION: Half of the group received high-velocity, low-amplitude cervical manipulation twice a week for 3 wk. The other half received low-level laser in the upper cervical region and deep friction massage in the lower cervical/upper thoracic region, also twice a week for 3 wk. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Goniometrically assessed passive range of motion of the cervical spine. RESULTS: Although passive cervical range of motion increased in both groups during the trial period, there were no statistically significant differences between the two groups 1 wk after the last treatment. CONCLUSION: It seems that any changes in passive range of motion after spinal manipulation are of a temporary nature. |
| Källa | Journal of manipulative and physiological therapeutics |
| Publicerad | 1996 |
| Författare | Christensen HW, Hartvigsen J, Nilsson N, Shirreffs CM |