Assessment of Studies Evaluating Spinal Manipulative Therapy and Infectious Disease and Immune System Outcomes: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Claims that spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) can improve immune function have increased substantially during the COVID-19 pandemic and may have contributed to the rapid spread of both accurate and inaccurate information (referred to as an infodemic by the World Health Organization).

Objective

To identify, appraise, and synthesize the scientific literature on the efficacy and effectiveness of SMT in preventing the development of infectious disease or improving disease-specific outcomes in patients with infectious disease and to examine the association between SMT and selected immunological, endocrine, and other physiological biomarkers.

Evidence review

A literature search of MEDLINE, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, the Index to

SUBMITTER: Chow N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8044731 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature