The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy

The most recent articles from: J Man Manip Ther May 2012

J Man Manip Ther · May 2012

Safety of cervical spine manipulation: are adverse events preventable and are manipulations being performed appropriately? A review of 134 case reports.

Cervical spine manipulation (CSM) is a commonly utilized intervention, but its use remains controversial. ⋯ This review showed that, if all contraindications and red flags were ruled out, there was potential for a clinician to prevent 44.8% of AEs associated with CSM. Additionally, 10.4% of the events were unpreventable, suggesting some inherent risk associated with CSM even after a thorough exam and proper clinical reasoning.

expand abstract… or not…

Want more great medical articles?

Keep up to date with a free trial of metajournal, personalized for your practice.
1,694,794 articles already indexed!