A recent systematic review and meta-analysis is to assess the effect of spinal manipulation and mobilization (SMT) on cardiovascular parameters found that both interventions showed significant reductions in systolic blood pressure. The meta-analysis also showed statistically non-significant changes in diastolic blood pressure and heart rate.
This systematic review and meta-analysis had a number of notable strengths: The authors stated it is the first review study that assessed the effect of spinal manipulation and mobilization on cardiovascular responses; it included all studies were of high quality and had low risk of bias; it only included RCTs which are considered gold standard in experimental studies; no publication bias was observed .
The article’s authors affirmed that SMT can be used as an adjuvant therapy for the management of patient’s with hypertension. They stated, “Manual therapy can reduce the drug dosage and dependency, thus preventing or decreasing drug-related adverse effects.”
Source:
A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on Effect of Spinal Mobilization and Manipulation on Cardiovascular Responses
Charu Gera (1Department of Physiotherapy, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, Haryana, India), Manoj Malik (1Department of Physiotherapy, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, Haryana, India), Jaspreet kaur (1Department of Physiotherapy, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, Haryana, India), and Minaxi Saini (2Mother Teresa Saket College of Physiotherapy, Saket, Panchkula, Haryana, India). Hong Kong Physiotherapy Journal 2020 40:02, 75-87
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