Trial reportEuropean journal of applied physiology2018
The effects of a single session of spinal manipulation on strength and cortical drive in athletes.
Trial report in European journal of applied physiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 32 papers, 3 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.
Effects of Lumbosacral Chiropractic Spinal Manipulative Therapy on Muscle Strength, Range of Motion, Balance and Pain in Olympic Style Weightlifting Athletes
Effects of a High Velocity Low Amplitude Mid-Thoracic Spinal Segment Manipulation on the Force Output of the Hip Adductors and Extensors and the Latissimus Dorsi in Healthy Individuals With Unilateral Hip Adductor Weakness
Who cites it
32 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 76 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review of chiropractic care for fall prevention: rationale, state of the evidence, and recommendations for future research.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2022Pooled it
- The effects of spinal manipulation on performance-related outcomes in healthy asymptomatic adult population: a systematic review of best evidence.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2019Pooled it
- Unravelling functional neurology: does spinal manipulation have an effect on the brain? - a systematic literature review.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2019Pooled it
- Effects of lower limb joint manipulation on squat strength and ankle range of motion: a sham-controlled double-blind randomised cross-over trial.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2026Trial
- Combined effects of photobiomodulation and osteopathic manipulation on the physical performance of young adults subjected to exercise-induced muscle damage: a randomized placebo-controlled trial.Lasers in medical science · 2026Trial
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- Immediate impact of extremity manipulation on dual task performance: a randomized, crossover clinical trial.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2021Trial
- The effects of a single session of chiropractic care on strength, cortical drive, and spinal excitability in stroke patients.Scientific reports · 2019Trial
- Chiropractic Care Is Associated with Frequency-Specific Reorganisation of Triple-Network Brain Dynamics: A Source-Localised EEG Study.Brain sciences · 2026Article
- Effects of High-Velocity Elbow Manipulation on Forearm Muscle Electromyographic Recovery in Karting Drivers: A Randomized Within-Participant Sham-Controlled Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Technologies to investigate the mechanisms of force-based manipulations: a narrative methods review.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Neuromuscular Response to High-Velocity, Low-Amplitude Spinal Manipulation-An Overview.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Review
- Reliability of the Second and Third Iterations of the Sensory-Motor Dysfunction Questionnaire in a Subclinical Neck Pain Population.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Neuroplastic Responses to Chiropractic Care: Broad Impacts on Pain, Mood, Sleep, and Quality of Life.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- Hip Manipulation Increases Electromyography Amplitude and Hip Joint Performance: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Study.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Development of the Sensory-Motor Dysfunction Questionnaire and Pilot Reliability Testing.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- The Neurophysiological Lesion: A Scoping Review.Journal of chiropractic medicine · 2023Article
- Immediate Effects of Spinal Manipulative Therapy on the Performance of Elite Brazilian Soccer Players: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial With an Internally Validated Sham Treatment.Journal of chiropractic medicine · 2022Article
- Absence of Neuroplastic Changes in the Bilateral H-Reflex Amplitude following Spinal Manipulation with Activator IV.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
- An Essential Guide to Chiropractic in the United States Military Health System and Veterans Health Administration.Journal of chiropractic humanities · 2021Article
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Authors and funding
10 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
purposeThe primary purpose of this study was to investigate whether a single session of spinal manipulation (SM) increases strength and cortical drive in the lower limb (soleus muscle) of elite Taekwondo athletes.
methodsSoleus-evoked V-waves, H-reflex and maximum voluntary contraction (MVC) of the plantar flexors were recorded from 11 elite Taekwondo athletes using a randomized controlled crossover design. Interventions were either SM or passive movement control. Outcomes were assessed at pre-intervention and at three post-intervention time periods (immediate post, post 30 min and post 60 min). A multifactorial repeated measures ANOVA was conducted to assess within and between group differences. Time and session were used as factors. A post hoc analysis was carried out, when an interactive effect was present. Significance was set at p ≤ 0.05.
resultsSM increased MVC force [F(3,30) = 5.95, p < 0.01], and V-waves [F(3,30) = 4.25, p = 0.01] over time compared to the control intervention. Between group differences were significant for all time periods (p < 0.05) except for the post60 force measurements (p = 0.07).
conclusionA single session of SM increased muscle strength and corticospinal excitability to ankle plantar flexor muscles in elite Taekwondo athletes. The increased MVC force lasted for 30 min and the corticospinal excitability increase persisted for at least 60 min.
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