Response to letter to the editor entitled "thrust manipulation may not decrease the intensity of chronic low back pain" concerning "manipulation and mobilization for treating chronic low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis" by Coulter et al. TSJ; doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2018.01.013

Affiliations

¹ RAND Corporation, 1776 Main St, Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138, USA; UCLA School of Dentistry, Box 951668, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1668, USA; Southern California University of Health Sciences, 16200 Amber Valley Dr, Whittier, CA 90604, USA. Electronic address: crawford@rand.org.
² RAND Corporation, 1776 Main St, Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138, USA.
³ RAND Corporation, 1776 Main St, Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138, USA; Office of Public Health Studies, University of Hawai`i, Mānoa, 1960 East-West Road, Biomed D104AA, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.
⁴ RAND Corporation, 1776 Main St, Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138, USA; Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, Division of Research, 6100 Leslie St., Toronto, ON, Canada M2H 3J1.
⁵ UCI Department of Urban Planning and Public Policy, 300 Social Ecology I, Irvine, CA 92697-7075, USA.

Comment

Ian D Coulter et al. Spine J. 2018 Oct.

. 2018 Oct;18(10):1964.

doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2018.05.041.

¹ RAND Corporation, 1776 Main St, Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138, USA; UCLA School of Dentistry, Box 951668, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1668, USA; Southern California University of Health Sciences, 16200 Amber Valley Dr, Whittier, CA 90604, USA. Electronic address: crawford@rand.org.
² RAND Corporation, 1776 Main St, Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138, USA.
³ RAND Corporation, 1776 Main St, Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138, USA; Office of Public Health Studies, University of Hawai`i, Mānoa, 1960 East-West Road, Biomed D104AA, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.
⁴ RAND Corporation, 1776 Main St, Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138, USA; Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, Division of Research, 6100 Leslie St., Toronto, ON, Canada M2H 3J1.
⁵ UCI Department of Urban Planning and Public Policy, 300 Social Ecology I, Irvine, CA 92697-7075, USA.

No abstract available

Comment on

Manipulation and mobilization for treating chronic low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Coulter ID, Crawford C, Hurwitz EL, Vernon H, Khorsan R, Suttorp Booth M, Herman PM. Coulter ID, et al. Spine J. 2018 May;18(5):866-879. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2018.01.013. Epub 2018 Jan 31. Spine J. 2018. PMID: 29371112 Free PMC article.
Thrust manipulation may not decrease the intensity of chronic low back pain. Letter to the editor regarding "Manipulation and mobilization for treating chronic low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis" by Coulter et al.
Gibson W, Palsson TS, Coopes E, Wand BM, Travers MJ. Gibson W, et al. Spine J. 2018 Oct;18(10):1961-1963. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2018.05.039. Spine J. 2018. PMID: 30442417 No abstract available.