To our knowledge, this the first study to identify the side of joint cavitation during upper cervical HVLA thrust manipulation. Our results indicate that cavitation was no more likely to occur on the ...

Manipulating the neck has been associated with cervical dissection, a type of arterial tear that can lead to stroke. Although a direct cause-and-effect link has not been established between neck ...

Cervical artery dissection (CeAD) has been proposed as a sequela of spinal manipulative therapy (SMT). However, protopathic bias arising from care-seeking for CeAD symptoms (e.g., neck pain/headache) ...

To the Editor: As a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians and an osteopathic physician, I was greatly interested in the article on neck pain by Drs. Childress and Stuek. I disagreed with ...

To date and to our knowledge, no study has investigated the side, duration or number of audible popping sounds during upper cervical HVLA thrust manipulation. Therefore, the primary purpose of the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - - Blood vessel tears that lead to strokes may be associated with – but not necessarily caused by – treatments involving neck manipulations, researchers say. The blood ...