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| Title |
Non-surgical spinal decompression therapy: does the scientific literature support efficacy claims made in the advertising media?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Chiropractic & Manual Therapies, May 2007
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| DOI | 10.1186/1746-1340-15-7 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Dwain M Daniel |
| Abstract |
Traction therapy has been utilized in the treatment of low back pain for decades. The most recent incarnation of traction therapy is non-surgical spinal decompression therapy which can cost over $100,000. This form of therapy has been heavily marketed to manual therapy professions and subsequently to the consumer. The purpose of this paper is to initiate a debate pertaining to the relationship between marketing claims and the scientific literature on non-surgical spinal decompression. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 10 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 50% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 30% |
| Unknown | 2 | 20% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 9 | 90% |
| Unknown | 1 | 10% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 46 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 4% |
| Australia | 1 | 2% |
| Brazil | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 42 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 20% |
| Other | 8 | 17% |
| Researcher | 5 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 3 | 7% |
| Professor | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 7 | 15% |
| Unknown | 12 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 17 | 37% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 8 | 17% |
| Engineering | 3 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 4% |
| Psychology | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 5 | 11% |
| Unknown | 10 | 22% |