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Article: Research from M. Schneider and co-authors provides new data about lower back pain.(Report)
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- October 15, 2008
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According to recent research published in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, "This study determined the degree of interexaminer reliability using 2 experienced clinicians performing 3 palpation procedures over the lumbar facet joints and sacroiliac joints. The sample consisted of 39 patients with low back pain who had a recent history of low back pain."
"Two doctors of chiropractic independently examined each of these patients in the prone position with 3 different procedures: (1) springing palpation for pain provocation, (2) springing palpation for segmental mobility testing, and (3) the prone instability test. The doctors were blinded ...