Effects of Upper and Lower Cervical Spinal Manipulative Therapy on Blood Pressure and Heart Rate Variability in Volunteers and Patients With Neck Pain: A Randomized Controlled, Cross-Over, Preliminary Study

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Published online 2015 Feb 7. doi: 10.1016/j.jcm.2014.12.005

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Table 2B

Pre- and Post-SMT Measures of Heart Rate, Arterial Blood Pressure, and Pain Score Changes in Patient’s Group (n = 10)

	Pre-SMT	Post-SMT
Upper cervical
Heart rate (bpm)	64 ± 5	62 ± 4
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	105 ± 10	95 ± 9^a
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	70 ± 8	68 ± 7
Numeric Pain Scale	3 ± 1	0^a
Lower cervical
Heart rate (bpm)	69 ± 11	70 ± 10
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	102 ± 9	91 ± 10^a
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	67 ± 5	63 ± 5
Numeric Pain Scale	3 ± 1	1 ± 1^a

Values are presented in mean ± SD.

SMT, spinal manipulative therapy.

^aP < .05, relative to baseline value.