The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association

Elderly nursing home residents are generally in poor health. Many residents report pain on a daily basis, few are independent in their activities of daily living, and most take a large number of medications. The objective of this study was to investigate the benefits elderly nursing home residents may receive from preventative osteopathic manipulative treatment designed to optimize structure and function and enhance their bodies' homeostatic mechanisms.

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Chiropractic & Manual Therapies

Although there is evidence that spinal manipulative therapy can reduce pain, the mechanisms involved are not well established. The objective of this literature review was to determine if SMT can reduce experimentally induced pain, and if so, if the effect is only i) at the level of the treated spinal segment, ii) broader but in the same general region as SMT is performed, or iii) systemic.

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Manual Therapy Journal

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of spinal manipulative therapy force magnitude and force duration on the spinal stiffness of a feline preparation. The findings from this experiment demonstrate that spinal stiffness in a feline model was affected by the interaction of the force amplitude and force duration parameters but the exact nature of this interaction remains unclear. This study provides guidance for further investigation given other SMT parameters not tested here may facilitate the ability of SMT to alter spinal stiffness.

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Chiropractic & Manual Therapies

Spinal manipulative therapy has been shown to have an effect on spine-related pain, both clinically and in experimentally induced pain. However, it is unclear if it has an immediate noticeable biomechanical effect on spinal motion that can be measured in terms of an increased range of motion.

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