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How Should We Teach Lumbar Manipulation? A Consensus Study, Michael O'Donnell, Jo Armour Smith, Alex Abzug, Kornelia Kulig
How Should We Teach Lumbar Manipulation? A Consensus Study, Michael O'Donnell, Jo Armour Smith, Alex Abzug, Kornelia Kulig
Physical Therapy Faculty Articles and Research
Background Spinal manipulation is an effective intervention for low back pain, yet there is little consistency in how this skill is taught.
Objectives The purpose of this study was to identify what educators and clinicians believe are important characteristics of the patient and operator position prior to side-lying lumbar manipulation and the patient position and operator motion during the manipulative thrust.
Design A multi-disciplinary correspondence-based Delphi method
Methods Three rounds of questionnaires were sent to physical therapists, osteopaths and chiropractors. Consensus was established in Round 3 if at least 75 % of respondents identified a characteristic as very important/extremely important …