Systematic Reviews, 2017/03, 6(1):64. doi: 10.1186/s13643-017-0458-y, type of study: ,mr,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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Keywords:

spinal manipulative therapy [9]
SMT [3]
osteopathic manipulative treatment [3946]
OMT [3925]
serious adverse events [1]
saftey [1]
metareview [1]

Abstract:

Spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) is a widely used manual treatment, but many reviews exist with conflicting conclusions about the safety of SMT. We performed an overview of reviews to elucidate and quantify the risk of serious adverse events (SAEs) associated with SMT.