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ArticleJournal of chiropractic medicine2014

Manipulation under anesthesia for lumbopelvic pain: a retrospective review of 18 cases.

Douglas J Taber, Gary D James, Alain Jacon

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Article in Journal of chiropractic medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Douglas J TaberDoctor of Chiropractic, United Health Services, Binghamton, NY.
Gary D JamesProfessor of Nursing, Anthropology and Bioengineering, Decker School of Nursing, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY ; Director, Institute for Primary and Preventative Health Care Decker School of Nursing, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY.
Alain JaconProgram Assistant, United Health Services Hospitals Graduate Medical Education/Institutional Review Board, Johnson City, NY.
United Health Services · USBinghamton University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe purpose of this case series is to report the effects of manipulation under anesthesia (MUA) for patients with lumbopelvic (lumbar spine, sacroiliac and/or pelvic, hip) pain in an outpatient ambulatory/hospital-based setting.

methodsA retrospective chart review of cases treated at an outpatient ambulatory surgical center in New York and a general hospital in New York was performed. Patients with pre- and postintervention Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Index (ODI) scores and lumbopelvic and hip complaints were included (N = 18). No intervention other than MUA was administered between the initial and follow-up ODI scoring. Scores on the ODI were assessed within 1 week prior to MUA and again within 2 weeks postprocedure.

resultsPatients underwent 2 to 4 chiropractic MUA procedures over the course of 7 to 8 days as per National Academy of Manipulation Under Anesthesia physicians' protocols. Preprocedure ODI scores ranged from 38 to 76, with an average score of 53.4. Postprocedure scores ranged from 0 to 66, with an average score of 32.8. For each patient, ODI scores were lower after MUA, with an average decrease of 20.6. Sixteen of 18 patients experienced a clinically meaningful improvement in ODI score. No adverse reactions were reported.

conclusionsFor 16 of the 18 patients with chronic lumbopelvic pain reported in this study, MUA showed clinically meaningful reduction in low back pain disability.

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AnesthesiaBack painChiropracticLumbar vertebraeManipulation

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PMID24711782
PMCPMC3976497
OpenAlexW1985652961

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