• Pain Med · Jun 2012

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    Is spinal manipulation effective for pain? An overview of systematic reviews.

    • Paul Posadzki.
    • Paul.Posadzki@pcmd.ac.uk
    • Pain Med. 2012 Jun 1;13(6):754-61.

    ObjectiveThis article is aimed at critically evaluating the evidence from systematic reviews (SRs) of spinal manipulation in patients with pain.DesignThe study was designed as a SR of SRs.MethodsFour 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.ResultsTwenty-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.LimitationPublication bias as a well-known phenomenon may have been inherited in this article.ConclusionCollectively, these data fail to demonstrate that spinal manipulation is an effective intervention for pain management.Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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