Assessing forces during spinal manipulation and mobilization: factors influencing the difference between forces at the patient-table and clinician-patient interfaces

Abstract Background Spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) and mobilization (MOB) effects are believed to be related to their force characteristics. Most previous studies have either measured the force at the patient-table interface or at the clinician-patient interface. The objectives of this study were...

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Main Authors: Jérémie Mikhail, Martha Funabashi, Martin Descarreaux, Isabelle Pagé
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-11-01
Series:Chiropractic & Manual Therapies
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12998-020-00346-1