Comparison of the Effectiveness of 3 Manual PT Techniques in a Subgroup of Patients W/ LBP Who Satisfy a Clinical Prediction Rule:

Cleland JA et al. – The results of the study support the generalizability of the clinical prediction rule (CPR) to another thrust manipulation technique, but not to the nonthrust manipulation technique that was used in this study. In general, these results also provided support that the CPR can be generalized to different settings from which it was derived and validated. However, additional research is needed to examine this issue.

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