Table 2 Characteristics of included studies
Author/s year, country | Study design | MAN/ MOB | Individual delivering procedure Experience, n | Individual receiving procedure n | Region treated | Applied procedure description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Force direction | Recipient position | Procedure named | ||||||
Bereznick et al. 2002, Canada (25) | Observational cross-sectional | MAN | Chiropractors > 5 year, n = 9 | Unclear n = 5 | Thoracic | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Lorme & Naqvi 2003, Australia (18) | Observational cross-sectional | MAN | Chiropractors Mixed, n = 7 | Adult n = 1 | Cervical Thoracic Lumbar | Cervical: no Thoracic: yes Lumbar: no | No | Cervical: no Thoracic: yes Lumbar: no |
Derian et al. 2020, USA (26) | Observational cross-sectional | MAN | Physiotherapists Mixed, n = 4 Students NR, n = 39 | Adult NR | Lumbar | No | Yes | Yes |
Mehyar et al. 2020, USA (28) | Observational cross-sectional | MOB | Physiotherapists Mixed, n = 2 | Adult n = 16 | Lumbar | No | Yes | Yes |
Weiner et al. 2022, USA (27) | Observational cross-sectional | MAN | Chiropractor > 5 year, n = 1 | Adult n = 10 | Lumbar | No | Yes | Yes |