Neural Response During a Mechanically Assisted Spinal Manipulation in an Animal Model: A Pilot Study

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J Nov Physiother Phys Rehabil. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2015 Nov 25.

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J Nov Physiother Phys Rehabil. 2015 Sep; 2(2): 20–27.

Published online 2015 Apr 6.

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Recordings from a third muscle spindle afferent to mechanically-assisted spinal manipulations at device settings of 1 (A) and 2 (B). Greater peak forces were physically applied with setting 1 (107.9N) than with setting 2 (78.2N), however the lower total peak force produced an immediate and prolonged decrease in muscle spindle response following the manipulative thrust.