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Table 1.
Clinical practice guideline recommendations for spinal manipulative therapy.
Condition/Author Year Timing Recommendation Cervical radiculopathy Chou 2018 NA In favor: multimodal Cervicogenic headache Côté 2019 NA In favor spinal stenosis Kawakami 2023 NA Insufficient evidence Kreiner 2013 NA Insufficient evidence Degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis Matz 2016 NA Insufficient evidence Developmental concerns Keating 2023 NA Insufficient evidence Disease prevention Hawk 2021 NA Not in favor Fibromyalgia Hawk 2020 NA In favor: multimodal Macfarlane 2017 NA Not in favor Improving immune function Hawk 2021 NA Not in favor Low back pain Alperovitch-Najenson 2023 Chronic In favor: multimodal Bussières 2018 Acute or subacute Not in favor Bussières 2018 Chronic In favor Chou 2018 Acute In favor: multimodal Globe 2016 Acute In favor Globe 2016 Chronic In favor Hawk 2020 Chronic In favor: multimodal Hegmann 2020 Acute In favor: multimodal Hegmann 2020 Chronic In favor: multimodal Kreiner 2020 Acute In favor Kreiner 2020 Chronic In favor Lisi 2018 Acute or subacute In favor Lisi 2018 Chronic In favor Ma 2019 Chronic In favor NICE (UK) 2016 NA In favor: multimodal NICE (UK) 2020 NA In favor: multimodal Qaseem 2017 Acute or subacute In favor Stochkendahl 2018 Acute or subacute In favor: multimodal Whalen 2022 NA In favor: multimodal LBP in older individuals Hawk 2017 NA Insufficient evidence Menopause-associated vasomotor symptoms Carpenter 2015 NA Not in favor Neck pain Bier 2018 NA In favor: multimodal Blanpied 2017 Chronic In favor: multimodal Bryans 2014 Acute or subacute In favor: multimodal Bryans 2014 Chronic In favor Bussières 2016 Acute or subacute In favor Bussières 2016 Chronic In favor: multimodal Chou 2018 Acute In favor: multimodal Hawk 2020 Chronic In favor: multimodal Kjaer 2017 Acute or subacute In favor: multimodal Whalen 2019 Acute or subacute In favor: multimodal Whalen 2019 Chronic In favor: multimodal Neck pain with headache Blanpied 2017 Subacute In favor Neck pain with mobility deficits Blanpied 2017 Acute or subacute In favor Neck pain with movement coordination deficits Blanpied 2017 Subacute In favor: multimodal Pregnancy-related or postpartum LBP and/or PGP Weis 2022 NA In favor Sciatica/LR Bussières 2018 NA In favor: multimodal Chou 2018 NA In favor: multimodal Kreiner 2014 NA In favor NICE (UK) 2016 NA In favor: multimodal NICE (UK) 2020 NA In favor: multimodal Stochkendahl 2018 Acute or subacute In favor: multimodal Sciatica/LR (with progressive motor loss) Hegmann 2020 NA Not in favor Sciatica/LR (without deficit) Hegmann 2020 NA In favor: multimodal Shoulder pain Yu 2021 NA In favor Tension-type headache Côté 2019 Chronic Not in favor Côté 2019 Episodic Not in favor Dowell 2022 NA In favor Hawk 2020 Chronic In favor: multimodal Abbreviations:
NA = recommendation applied to any timing, or timing information did not apply;
LR = lumbar radiculopathy;
NICE = National Guideline Centre;
PGP = pelvic girdle pain;
UK = United Kingdom.
Guidelines are grouped by condition (shown in bold) and author (not bold) in the first column.