Spinal manipulative therapy
- Spinal manipulative therapy
Spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) is the generic term commonly given to a group of manually applied therapeutic interventions. [cite journal | author = Harvey E, Burton AK, Moffett JK, Breen A. | title = Spinal manipulation for low-back pain: a treatment package agreed to by the UK chiropractic, osteopathy and physiotherapy professional associations. | journal = Man Ther | volume = 8 | issue = 1 | pages = 46–51 | year = 2003 | pmid = : 12635637 | doi = 10.1054/math.2002.0472] These interventions are usually applied with the aim of inducing intervertebral movement by directing forces to vertebrae, and include spinal manipulation and mobilization.
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