Spinal Manipulation & Mobilization – Systematic Reviews 101 / 1 Credit

Learning Objectives:

1. Compare the cost effectiveness of spinal manipulative therapy (SMT)
   to other treatment options for people with acute, subacute and chronic
   spinal pain.
2. Examine the relative effectiveness of segment-specific and non-specific spinal joint mobilization on pain and range of motion.
3. Investigate whether spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) can reduce
   pain at the level of the treated spinal segment, in the broader region
   of the treatment and/or systemically.
4. Evaluate the efficacy of manipulative therapy when compared with a ‘sham manipulative therapy’.
5. Summarize the literature reporting serious adverse events following lumbopelvic spinal manipulative therapy (SMT).

Course Reviews:   reviews in this course are also available in MP3 format

1. SMT Epidemiology – Systematic Review of Cost Effectiveness Studies
2. Segment-Specific vs. Non-Specific Spinal Mobilization – Effects on Pain and ROM – Systematic Review & Meta-Analysis
3. Effect of SMT on Experimentally Induced Pain – Systematic Review
4. True vs. Sham Manipulation in Adults – Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
5. Serious Adverse Events Related to SMT of the Low Back Region – Systematic Review of Cases

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