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Saturday, 21 May 2016

Chiropractic treatments are placebos | Edzard Ernst

It has long been argued that chiropractic spinal manipulations are mere placebo interventions. Yet few controlled trials have assessed the efficacy of spinal manipulative therapy (SMT). No high quality trials have been performed to test the efficacy and effectiveness of Graston Technique® (GT), an instrument-assisted soft tissue therapy. 

The objective of this trial was to […]