ArticleJournal of manipulative and physiological therapeutics2010
Performance and reliability of a variable rate, force/displacement application system.
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- Systematic review on biomechanical effects of high-velocity, low amplitude spinal manipulation.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
- Development of an Objective Portable Measurement Device for Spinal Joint Accessory Motion Testing.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
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- Neural responses to the mechanical characteristics of high velocity, low amplitude spinal manipulation: Effect of specific contact site.Manual therapy · 2015Article
- The effect of application site of spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) on spinal stiffness.The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society · 2015Article
- Effects of thrust amplitude and duration of high-velocity, low-amplitude spinal manipulation on lumbar muscle spindle responses to vertebral position and movement.Journal of manipulative and physiological therapeutics · 2013Article
- Relationship between Biomechanical Characteristics of Spinal Manipulation and Neural Responses in an Animal Model: Effect of Linear Control of Thrust Displacement versus Force, Thrust Amplitude, Thrust Duration, and Thrust Rate.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2013Article
- The effect of duration and amplitude of spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) on spinal stiffness.Manual therapy · 2012Article
- Effects of unilateral facet fixation and facetectomy on muscle spindle responsiveness during simulated spinal manipulation in an animal model.Journal of manipulative and physiological therapeuticsArticle
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Abstract
objectiveSpinal manipulation therapy (SMT), an intervention used to treat low back pain, has been demonstrated to affect the stiffness of the spine. To adequately quantify the effects of SMT on stiffness, a device capable of applying specific parameters of manipulation in addition to measuring force-displacement values has been developed previously. Previously developed indentation techniques that quantify stiffness have been modified for novel use in evaluating SMT parameters. The reliability of stiffness measurements performed by the newly adapted device was assessed in this study.
methodsSeven springs of varying stiffness were each indented 10 times by a variable rate force/displacement (VRFD) device. Indentations were performed at a rate of 0.5 mm/s to a maximal displacement of 4 mm. The stiffness coefficients for a middle portion of the resulting force-displacement graph and the terminal instantaneous stiffness (stiffness at end displacement) were calculated. The intraclass correlation and confidence interval were calculated for these stiffness measurements to assess device reliability.
resultsRepeated spring stiffness measures yielded an intraclass correlation coefficient value of 1.0. The mean stiffness values had narrow 95% confidence intervals ranging from 0.01 N/mm to 0.06 N/mm and small coefficients of variation.
conclusionThis VRFD device provides highly reliable stiffness measurements in controlled conditions. Although in vivo reliability remains to be established, the results of this study support the use of the VRFD device in future trials investigating the impact of various SMT parameters on spinal stiffness.
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