The effect of spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) on pain reduction and range of motion in patients with acute unilateral neck pain: a pilot study
July 04, 2014
Objective: This experiment evaluated the response of acute neck pain patients to an intervention utilizing a single manipulation to either a) the same side of pain (ipsilateral) or b) opposite side (contralaeral) and compared the results to a placebo group. Design: In this pre-test-post-test study, 36 subjects were randomly allocated to one of three groups: