ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2013
Intradiscal Pressure Changes during Manual Cervical Distraction: A Cadaveric Study.
Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01765751 (Cervical Distraction Minimal Intervention Development), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers.
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Cervical Distraction Minimal Intervention Development: Translating From Basic to Clinical Studies
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Cervical intradiscal pressure responses to end-range supine postures: a cadaveric investigation.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
- Measurement of Force and Intramuscular Pressure Changes Related to Thrust Spinal Manipulation in an In Vivo Animal Model.Biology · 2022Article
- In vivo measurement of intradiscal pressure changes related to thrust and non-thrust spinal manipulation in an animal model: a pilot study.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2022Article
- Cervical disc degeneration: important considerations for the manual therapist.The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy · 2022Review
- Cervical Radiculopathy Associated With Shingles Herpes Zoster Infection.Journal of chiropractic medicine · 2019Article
- Innovative application of Cox Flexion Distraction Decompression to the knee: a retrospective case series.The Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association · 2017Article
- Antinociceptive Effects of Spinal Manipulative Therapy on Nociceptive Behavior of Adult Rats during the Formalin Test.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2015Article
- Training and certification of doctors of chiropractic in delivering manual cervical traction forces: Results of a longitudinal observational study.The Journal of chiropractic education · 2014Article
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12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
The objective of this study was to measure intradiscal pressure (IDP) changes in the lower cervical spine during a manual cervical distraction (MCD) procedure. Incisions were made anteriorly, and pressure transducers were inserted into each nucleus at lower cervical discs. Four skilled doctors of chiropractic (DCs) performed MCD procedure on nine specimens in prone position with contacts at C5 or at C6 vertebrae with the headpiece in different positions. IDP changes, traction forces, and manually applied posterior-to-anterior forces were analyzed using descriptive statistics. IDP decreases were observed during MCD procedure at all lower cervical levels C4-C5, C5-C6, and C6-C7. The mean IDP decreases were as high as 168.7 KPa. Mean traction forces were as high as 119.2 N. Posterior-to-anterior forces applied during manual traction were as high as 82.6 N. Intraclinician reliability for IDP decrease was high for all four DCs. While two DCs had high intraclinician reliability for applied traction force, the other two DCs demonstrated only moderate reliability. IDP decreases were greatest during moving flexion and traction. They were progressevely less pronouced with neutral traction, fixed flexion and traction, and generalized traction.
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