Spinal manipulation does not affect pressure pain thresholds in the absence of neuromodulators: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Measurement of pressure pain threshold (PPT) is a way to determine one of the many potential treatment effects of spinal manipulative therapy.

Objective

To determine how multiple spinal manipulations administered in a single-session affected PPTs at local and distal sites in asymptomatic individuals.

Methods

Participants were randomly assigned into one of three groups: Group one (n = 18) received a lumbar manipulation followed by a cervical manipulation. Group two (n = 17) received a cervical manipulation followed by a lumbar manipulation. The control group (n = 19) received two bouts of five minutes of rest. At baseline and after each intervention or rest period, each participant's PPTs were obtained using a handheld algometer. The PPT

SUBMITTER: Jordon MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5592341 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature