MANIPULATION 117

Course overview

*Compare chiropractic maintenance care to symptom-guided care for patients with persistent or recurrent low back pain. *Investigate whether adding chiropractic care to usual medical care improves outcomes for military personnel suffering from low back pain. *Evaluate the research on the effectiveness of mobilization and manipulation for chronic non-specific low back pain. *Determine the effects of spinal manipulation on biochemical markers in humans. *Appraise the associations between chiropractic and primary care physician care in relation to acute lumbar disc herniation with early surgery.