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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.