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In 1999, a dispute arose in New York regarding the right of physical therapists in that state to practice spinal manipulation. The New York State Department of Education (NYSDE), which…

The chiropractic lobby’s continuing effort to use all available means to prevent physical therapists from practicing spinal manipulation can currently be seen in Nevada, where the [...]

Over the past fifteen years, legislation has been introduced in multiple states that would restrict physical therapists from practicing and/or advertising spinal manipulation and limit such [...]

Over the past fifteen years, chiropractic organizations have made a concerted effort to restrict physical therapists from practicing and/or advertising spinal manipulation and to limit such [...]

Considerable attention has been given to the potential risks associated with high-velocity, low-amplitude (HVLA) thrust manipulation procedures in the cervical region.1-5 The most recent and [...]

The NDI has been used in a variety of populations, including mechanical neck pain (MNP),1-8 cervical radiculopathy (CR),9,10 whiplash associated disorder (WAD),11,12 and mixed non-specific neck [...]

ABSTRACT There are multiple randomized controlled trials that have investigated the use of acupuncture in patients with knee osteoarthritis, and all but one of them came to a very different…

Published as a Letter to the Editor in Physical Therapy. Dunning J, Butts R, Perreault, T. (2014) On “Effectiveness of trigger point dry needling for plantar heel pain: a randomized…

Evidence-based medicine is not restricted to randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews and meta-analyses.[1] In the seminal article “Evidence-based medicine: what it is and what it isn’t”, [...]