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Table 9 Synthesis of findings by outcome variable and author in a systematic review of 20 articles of anatomical mechanisms of spinal manipulation

From: Mechanisms of manipulation: a systematic review of the literature on immediate anatomical structural or positional changes in response to manually delivered high-velocity, low-amplitude spinal manipulation

  1. Positive (+): article reported a change after spinal manipulation
  2. Negative (−): article reported no change after spinal manipulation
  3. Red: critical quality or risk of bias item(s)
  4. Yellow: important quality or risk of bias item(s)