To date and to our knowledge, no study has investigated the side, duration or number of audible popping sounds during upper cervical HVLA thrust manipulation. Therefore, the primary purpose of the ...

A controversial treatment of spinal manipulation works for some people, but has no effect in others, a study confirms. Spinal manipulation--applying force to move joints to treat pain, a technique ...

Manipulating the spine can help people with lower back pain — but it doesn't work for everyone, according to a new study. Spinal manipulation, or applying force to the joints of the spine, is a ...

2 Bone Health Research Group, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada and Osteoporosis Program, Children’s & Women’s Health Centre of British Columbia, 4500 Oak St, Vancouver, BC V6H 3N1, ...

There’s a solid chance you’ve tweaked your back before—after all, 80 percent of Americans experience some kind of back pain at one point or another in their lives. Usually, it happens in the lower ...

To our knowledge, this the first study to identify the side of joint cavitation during upper cervical HVLA thrust manipulation. Our results indicate that cavitation was no more likely to occur on the ...