Pediatrics

Complementary and alternative therapies to treat colic

A review of the evidence on the use of complementary and alternative (CAM) therapies to treat babies with colic has shown some that some treatments—including probiotics, fennel extract and spinal manipulation—do appear ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Spinal manipulation offers little low back pain disability relief

(HealthDay)—Spinal manipulative therapy reduces disability from low back pain (LBP) more than functional technique, but not in a clinically meaningful way, according to a study published in the March issue of The Spine ...

Surgery

Many spinal manipulation trials don't report adverse events

(HealthDay)—Many randomized clinical trials (RCTs) involving spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) do not report adverse events, although there has been an increase in such reporting since publication of the 2010 Consolidated ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Spinal manipulation helps relieve back-related leg pain

(HealthDay)—Adding spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) to home exercise and advice (HEA) may improve short-term outcomes in patients with subacute and chronic back-related leg pain (BRLP), according to research published ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Spinal manipulation and exercise for low back pain in adolescents

Low back pain affects almost a third of Americans. While there is a long-standing belief that low back pain is limited to adults, research has shown it develops with increasing frequency during adolescence. With the increasing ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Evidence remains inconclusive for the effectiveness of manual therapy

(Medical Xpress)—A continuing lack of evidence to support the effectiveness of manual therapy continues to prevent a meaningful conclusion on manipulation and mobilisation for conditions of the spine and extremities, according ...

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