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Chiropractic & Manual Therapies Thematic Series - Upcoming Webinar!

Spinal Manipulation/Mobilization: Past, Present, Future

Free Online Conference

Wednesday, April 16, 2025 – 11:00 – 13:00 GMT

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Many of the authors of the papers in this thematic series will be participating 

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Papers to be presented:

Evans 2022,  Why is the prevailing model of joint manipulation (still) incorrect?

Choi et al 2023,  Investigating force-time characteristics of prone thoracic SMT and self-reported patient outcome measures: a feasibility study

Nim et al 2024,  The association between students’ confidence and ability to modulate spinal manipulation force–time characteristics of specific target forces: a cross-sectional study

Young et al 2024,  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

Mourad et al 2022,  Knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes of spinal manipulation: a cross-sectional survey of Italian physiotherapists 

Trager et al 2023,  Clinician approaches to spinal manipulation for persistent spinal pain after lumbar surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data

Nim et all 2022,  Pressure pain thresholds in a real-world chiropractic setting: topography, changes after treatment, and clinical relevance?

O'Neill et al 2024,  A new role for spinal manual therapy and for chiropractic? Part I: weaknesses and threats

O'Neill et al 2024,  A new role for spinal manual therapy and for chiropractic? Part II: strengths and opportunities

Aspinall et al 2024,  Waste not, want not: call to action for spinal manipulative therapy researchers


There will be Q&A time at the end of all the presentations. 
If you have questions and will be unavailable to attend the conference, please send those question to (include who the question is for): Prof. Stephen M. Perle, Associate Editor, Chiropractic & Manual Therapies smperle@gmail.com

Annual Journal Metrics

  • Citation Impact 2023
    Journal Impact Factor: 2.0
    5-year Journal Impact Factor: 2.0
    Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 0.809
    SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 0.601

    Speed 2024
    Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 15
    Submission to acceptance (median days): 160

    Usage 2024
    Downloads: 632,492
    Altmetric mentions: 805