Does Spinal Manipulative Therapy Work for Lower Back Pain?

Dr. Shim discusses two studies that look at the effectiveness of Spinal Manipulative Therapy for treating lower back pain and how it compares to alternatives.

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Citations:

Rubinstein SM, Terwee CB, Assendelft WJ, de Boer MR, van Tulder MW. Spinal manipulative therapy for acute low-back pain. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012 Sep 12;(9):CD008880. PubMed PMID: 22972127

Rubinstein SM, de Zoete A, van Middelkoop M, Assendelft WJJ, de Boer MR, van Tulder MW. Benefits and harms of spinal manipulative therapy for the treatment of chronic low back pain: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. BMJ. 2019 Mar 13;364:l689. PubMed PMID: 30867144