Potential treatment effect modifiers for manipulative therapy for children complaining of spinal pain.Secondary analyses of a randomised controlled trial

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Published online 2019 Dec 10. doi: 10.1186/s12998-019-0282-7

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Table 1

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

Pain was spinal and still present at the time of the interview

Spinal pain equal to or greater than 3 on an 11-box Numerical Rating Scale for more than 3 days

Serious pathology (cancer, inflammatory diseases, vertebral fractures, cauda equina syndrome)

Parent had agreed, on behalf of the child, to inclusion in the RCT

Fever and/or weight loss

Nightly pain

Unexplainable bruises

No manual treatment of the spine during the previous 2 months

Handicaps preventing normal physical activity