BACKGROUND There have been no published national studies on the use in Australia of the manipulative therapies, acupuncture, chiropractic or osteopathy, or on matters including the purposes for which these therapies are used, treatment outcomes and the socio-demographic characteristics of users. METHODS This study on the three manipulative therapies was a component of a broader investigation ...

OBJECTIVE To study osteopathic manipulative treatment of back pain and related symptoms during the third trimester of pregnancy. STUDY DESIGN A randomized, placebo-controlled trial was conducted to compare usual obstetric care and osteopathic manipulative treatment, usual obstetric care and sham ultrasound treatment, and usual obstetric care only. Outcomes included average pain levels and the...

A systematic review of randomised clinical trials was conducted to assess the effect of spinal manipulative therapy on clinically relevant outcomes in patients with chronic low back pain. Databases searched included EMBASE, CINAHL, MEDLINE and PEDro. Methodological assessment of the trials was performed using the PEDro scale. Where there was sufficient homogeneity, a meta-analysis was conducted...

the present study addresses the influence of iran’s post-revolution political structure on the formation of the country’s translated literature system. it examines the translated anglo-american novels pub-lished under two administrations in power after the islamic revolution: 1) the reformist administra-tion, which was a more liberal, leftist administration, seeking to improve iran’s relations ...

This study aims to prove the effect of circuit games learning model on students' motor skills through fitness test instrument. Motoric abilities start from basic locomotor and non-locomotor movements occurrence manipulative in students. are thought be able develop movement physical abilities. 30 students SDN Kendalbulur I were selected consecutively take part using experiment. The research inst...