Manual Therapy Journal

Spinal mobilizations are a common form of treatment intervention applied by physiotherapists in clinical practice to manage musculoskeletal pain and/or dysfunction. Previous research has demonstrated that mobilizations cause a hypoalgesic effect. However, there is very little research investigating the optimal treatment dose inducing this effect. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the number of sets (up to 5) and different durations (30 vs. 60 s) on pressure pain thresholds at different sites.

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