Trial reportThe journal of pain2014
Spinal manipulative therapy-specific changes in pain sensitivity in individuals with low back pain (NCT01168999).
Trial report in The journal of pain, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 4 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 61 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
The Mechanisms of Manual Therapy in the Treatment of Low Back Pain
Influence of Patient Expectations With Lateral Epicondylalgia in Applying Mobilization With Movement. Clinical Trial
Motor Performance of Asymptomatic and Chronic Neck Pain Participants Pre- and Post-spinal Manipulation Using an Eye and Head Movement Fitts' Task
Evaluating Specific and Non-Specific Mechanisms in Two Distinct Complementary/Integrative Interventions for Chronic Pain
Who cites it
61 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 162 citations in OpenAlex.
- Application of variance ratios to assess heterogeneity of spinal manipulative therapy for chronic low back pain: A meta-epidemiological study.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation · 2026Pooled it
- Management of low back pain and lumbosacral radicular syndrome: the Guideline of the Royal Dutch Society for Physical Therapy (KNGF).European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2024Guideline
- Does manual therapy meaningfully change quantitative sensory testing and patient reported outcome measures in patients with musculoskeletal impairments related to the spine?: A 'trustworthy' systematic review and meta-analysis.The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy · 2024Pooled it
- Manual Therapy Effect in Placebo-Controlled Trials: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Placebo effects in low back pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2021 · on this mapPooled it
- Sham treatment effects in manual therapy trials on back pain patients: a systematic review and pairwise meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2021Pooled it
- Do manual therapies have a specific autonomic effect? An overview of systematic reviews.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
- Benefits and harms of spinal manipulative therapy for the treatment of chronic low back pain: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2019Pooled it
- Manipulation-induced hypoalgesia in musculoskeletal pain populations: a systematic critical review and meta-analysis.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2019Pooled it
- Effects of Hidden Conditioning and Positive Expectations on Pain Intensity Following Spinal Manipulative Therapy: A Three-Arm Randomized Controlled Trial.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2026Trial
- Successful Blinding or Wishful Thinking? A Secondary Analysis of a Randomised Controlled Trial of Manual Therapy.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2026Trial
- Verbal framing, rather than measured cognitive-affective variables, is associated with short-term outcomes after spinal manipulation: a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial.Pain management · 2026Trial
- 'Which treatment do you believe you received?' A randomised blinding feasibility trial of spinal manual therapy.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2025Trial
- Exploring the immediate and short-term effect of lumbar spinal manipulation on pressure pain threshold: a randomized controlled trial of healthy participants.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2024Trial
- Is blinding in studies of manual soft tissue mobilisation of the back possible? A feasibility randomised controlled trial with Swiss graduate students.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2024Trial
- Effects of chiropractic spinal manipulation on laser-evoked pain and brain activity.The journal of physiological sciences : JPS · 2021Trial
- Effect of spinal manipulative therapy on mechanical pain sensitivity in patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain: a pilot randomized, controlled trial.The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy · 2020Trial
- The Biomechanical Analysis of Magnitude and Direction of Force by Different Techniques of Thoracic Spinal Manipulation.BioMed research international · 2020Trial
- Comparison of 2 Lumbar Manual Therapies on Temporal Summation of Pain in Healthy Volunteers.The journal of pain · 2017Trial
- The comparative effects of spinal and peripheral thrust manipulation and exercise on pain sensitivity and the relation to clinical outcome: a mechanistic trial using a shoulder pain model.The Journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapy · 2015Trial
1 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
unlabelledSpinal manipulative therapy (SMT) is effective for some individuals experiencing low back pain; however, the mechanisms are not established regarding the role of placebo. SMT is associated with changes in pain sensitivity, suggesting related altered central nervous system response or processing of afferent nociceptive input. Placebo is also associated with changes in pain sensitivity, and the efficacy of SMT for changes in pain sensitivity beyond placebo has not been adequately considered. We randomly assigned 110 participants with low back pain to receive SMT, placebo SMT, placebo SMT with the instructional set "The manual therapy technique you will receive has been shown to significantly reduce low back pain in some people," or no intervention. Participants receiving the SMT and placebo SMT received their assigned intervention 6 times over 2 weeks. Pain sensitivity was assessed prior to and immediately following the assigned intervention during the first session. Clinical outcomes were assessed at baseline and following 2 weeks of participation in the study. Immediate attenuation of suprathreshold heat response was greatest following SMT (P = .05, partial η(2) = .07). Group-dependent differences were not observed for changes in pain intensity and disability at 2 weeks. Participant satisfaction was greatest following the enhanced placebo SMT. This study was registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov under the identifier NCT01168999. PERSPECTIVE: The results of this study indicate attenuation of pain sensitivity is greater in response to SMT than the expectation of receiving an SMT. These findings suggest a potential mechanism of SMT related to lessening of central sensitization and may indicate a preclinical effect beyond the expectations of receiving SMT.
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