Spinal Manipulation & Mobilization - Systematic Reviews 101
By: Shawn Thistle

Course Description

Read or listen to the course sections, then complete the quiz.

Cost: $19.99
Learning Objectives:
  1. Compare the cost effectiveness of spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) to other treatment options for people with acute, subacute and chronic spinal pain.
  2. Examine the relative effectiveness of segment-specific and non-specific spinal joint mobilization on pain and range of motion.
  3. Investigate whether spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) can reduce pain at the level of the treated spinal segment, in the broader region of the treatment and/or systemically.
  4. Evaluate the efficacy of manipulative therapy when compared with a ‘sham manipulative therapy’.
  5. Summarize the literature reporting serious adverse events following lumbopelvic spinal manipulative therapy (SMT).
Course Reviews:
  1. SMT Epidemiology - Systematic Review of Cost Effectiveness Studies +MP3
  2. Segment-Specific vs. Non-Specific Spinal Mobilization - Effects on Pain and ROM - Systematic Review & Meta-Analysis +MP3
  3. Effect of SMT on Experimentally Induced Pain - Systematic Review +MP3
  4. True vs. Sham Manipulation in Adults - Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis +MP3
  5. Serious Adverse Events Related to SMT of the Low Back Region - Systematic Review of Cases +MP3

Course Details

  • Spinal Manipulation & Mobilization - Systematic Reviews 101
  • By:    Shawn Thistle
  • Instructor:    Dr. Shawn Thistle (RRS Education)
  • Total CE Hours:    1
  • Course Format:     Online Distance Learning
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  • Course Categories:     DC Continuing Education
  • Course Subjects | CE HOURS:
    • Manipulation  -1 CE Hours