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Wand, Benedict M., Heine, Peter J. and O'Connell, Neil E. (2012) Should we abandon cervical spine manipulation for mechanical neck pain? : yes. BMJ, Vol.344 . e3679. doi:10.1136/bmj.e3679 ISSN 1756-1833.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.e3679
Abstract
Cervical spine manipulation (a high velocity, low amplitude, end range thrust manoeuvre) is a common
treatment option for mechanical neck pain yet may carry the potential for serious neurovascular
complications, specifically vertebral artery dissection and subsequent vertebrobasilar stroke. The nonsuperiority
of manipulation to alternative treatments, coupled with concerns regarding safety, renders
cervical spine manipulation unnecessary and inadvisable.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Neck pain -- Treatment, Cervical vertebrae, Manipulation (Therapeutics) | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | BMJ | ||||
Publisher: | BMJ | ||||
ISSN: | 1756-1833 | ||||
Official Date: | 2012 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.344 | ||||
Page Range: | e3679 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1136/bmj.e3679 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 22 December 2015 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 22 December 2015 |
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