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ArticleThe Journal of manual & manipulative therapy2024

Spinal manipulation and mobilisation for paediatric conditions: time to stop the madness.

Kenneth A Olson, Derek Clewley, Nikki Milne, Jean-Michel Brismée, Jan Pool, Annalie Basson, Jenifer L Dice, Anita R Gross

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Article in The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. There is no madness in spinal manual techniques in the pediatric setting.The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Kenneth A OlsonPrivate Practitioner, Northern Rehab Physical Therapy Specialists, DeKalb, Illinois, USA and Past-President, International Federation of Orthopaedic Manipulative Physical Therapists.ORCID 0000-0001-6651-9727
Derek ClewleyDoctor of Physical Therapy Division, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5763-8975
Nikki MilneTHINK Paediatrics Research Group, Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Queensland, Australia, and International Organisation of Physiotherapists in Paediatrics.ORCID 0000-0002-5121-9825
Jean-Michel BrisméeEditor-in-Chief, Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Center for Rehabilitation Research, Lubbock, Texas, USA.
Jan PoolEpidemiologist, emeritus senior researcher, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-9240-4488
Annalie BassonUniversity of Witwatersrand, School of Therapeutic Sciences, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-0387-4614
Jenifer L DiceTexas Woman's University, School of Physical Therapy, Houston, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0409-7658
Anita R GrossMcMaster University, Rehabilitation Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-5187-7484

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Manipulation, SpinalChildHumans

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PMID38940280
PMCPMC11216263

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