One Session of Spinal Manipulation Improves the Cardiac Autonomic Control in Patients with Musculoskeletal Pain Vrije Universiteit Brussel
STUDY DESIGN: Three-arm, parallel, randomized, placebo-controlled, assessor-blinded trial.
OBJECTIVE: To compare the immediate effect of manual therapy at the upper thoracic spine on the cardiovascular autonomic control of patients with musculoskeletal pain.
SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Musculoskeletal pain increases the risk of cardiovascular events. Thus, manual therapy applied to the upper thoracic region is likely efficient to ...