Beliefs in the population about cracking sounds produced during spinal manipulation

[en] Objectives: To examine beliefs about cracking sounds heard during highvelocity lowamplitude (HVLA) thrust spinal manipulation in individuals with and without personal experience of this technique. Methods: We included 100 individuals. Among them, 60 had no history of spinal manipulation, including 40whowereasymptomatic with or without a past history of spinal pain and 20whohad nonspecific spinal pain. The remaining 40 patients had a history of spinal manipulation;amongthem, 20 were asymptomatic and 20 had spinal pain. Participants attended a oneonone interview during which they completed a questionnaire about their history of spinal manipulation and their beliefs regarding sounds heard during spinal manipulation. Results: Mean age was 43.5±15.4 years. The sounds were ascribed to vertebral repositioning by 49% of participants and to friction between two vertebras by 23% of participants; only 9% of participants correctly ascribed the sound to the release of gas. The sound was mistakenly considered to indicate successful spinal manipulation by 40% of participants. No differences in beliefs were found between the groups with and without a history of spinal manipulation. Conclusions: Certain beliefs have documented adverse effects. This study showed a high prevalence of unfounded beliefs regarding spinal manipulation. These beliefs deserve greater attention from healthcare providers, particularly those who practice spinal manipulation.

Disciplines :

Orthopedics, rehabilitation & sports medicine

Author, co-author :

Demoulin, Christophe ; Université de Liège > Département des sciences de la motricité > Kinésithérapie spécifique et réadaptation motrice

Baeri, Damien

TOUSSAINT, Geoffrey ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Service de médecine de l'appareil locomoteur

CAGNIE, Barbara

BEERNAERT, Axel

Kaux, Jean-François ; Université de Liège > Département des sciences de la motricité > Médecine physique, réadaptation et traumatologie du sport

Vanderthommen, Marc ; Université de Liège > Département des sciences de la motricité > Kinésithérapie spécifique et réadaptation motrice

Language :

English

Title :

Beliefs in the population about cracking sounds produced during spinal manipulation

Publication date :

March 2018

Journal title :

Joint Bone Spine

ISSN :

1297-319X

eISSN :

1778-7254

Publisher :

Elsevier Science, Paris, France

Volume :

Issue :

Pages :

239-242

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