Investigation of the factors influencing spinal manipulative therapy force transmission through the thorax: a cadaveric study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) clinical effects are believed to be linked to its force-time profile characteristics. Previous studies have revealed that the force measured at the patient-table interface is most commonly greater than the one applied at the clinician-patient interface. The factors explaining this force amplification remains unclear.

Objective

To determine the difference between the force applied to a cadaveric specimen's thoracic spine and the resulting force measured by a force-sensing table, as well as to evaluate the relationship between this difference and both the SMT force-time characteristics and the specimens' characteristics.

Methods

Twenty-five SMTs with different force-time profiles were delivered by an apparatus at the T7 verte

SUBMITTER: Mikhail J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10405484 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature