Abstract
Purpose A goal of our laboratory is to identify mechanisms of action operative during the body-based practice of spinal manipulation. Spinal manipulation can be identified by a number of mechanical characteristics including but not limited to thrust rate, magnitude, site, and direction. Because neural mechanisms are thought to contribute to its clinical effects, we studied spinal manipulation during a series of experiments to identify mechanical characteristics that affect responses from sensory neurons innervating paraspinal tissues. Presumably specific parameters related to these characteristics relate to successful clinical outcomes. In this study we determined the effect of manipulative thrust direction on neural activity of proprioceptive afferents from lumbar paraspinal muscles.
Highlights
A goal of our laboratory is to identify mechanisms of action operative during the body-based practice of spinal manipulation
Neural responses to the mechanical characteristics of a spinal manipulation: effect of varying direction of the applied thrust force
Because neural mechanisms are thought to contribute to its clinical effects, we studied spinal manipulation during a series of experiments to identify mechanical characteristics that affect responses from sensory neurons innervating paraspinal tissues
Summary
Neural responses to the mechanical characteristics of a spinal manipulation: effect of varying direction of the applied thrust force. Purpose A goal of our laboratory is to identify mechanisms of action operative during the body-based practice of spinal manipulation. Spinal manipulation can be identified by a number of mechanical characteristics including but not limited to thrust rate, magnitude, site, and direction. Because neural mechanisms are thought to contribute to its clinical effects, we studied spinal manipulation during a series of experiments to identify mechanical characteristics that affect responses from sensory neurons innervating paraspinal tissues. Specific parameters related to these characteristics relate to successful clinical outcomes. In this study we determined the effect of manipulative thrust direction on neural activity of proprioceptive afferents from lumbar paraspinal muscles
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