Exploring Spinal Manipulative Therapy

There's a range of different interventions at your disposal when managing spine pain.

Today we're focusing on spinal manipulative therapy, and asking questions like: does it matter how you apply a manipulation to get the best outcomes for the patient?

Answering the questions is Dr Casper Nim from the University of Southern Denmark. Casper is an Associate Professor, chiropractor, and senior researcher at the Spine Centre of Southern Denmark.

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RESOURCES

Does it matter how you apply spinal manipulative therapy? Network meta-analysis: https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jospt.2025.12707

Does targeting a specific vertebral level make a difference? Systematic review: https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jospt.2023.11962

Effect on clinical outcomes when targeting spinal manipulative therapy. Randomised controlled trial: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32884045/

Preference randomised trials: https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/josptmethods.2025.0129

JOSPT Methods journal website: https://www.jospt.org/toc/jospt-methods/current