To describe the clinical management with spinal manipulation of a male patient with risk factors for lumbar disk herniation initially suffering from what appeared to be mechanical low back pain that evolved into radiculopathy; also to review issues pertinent to chiropractic/manipulative management of disk herniation.
Grant Value: $269
Chief Investigator: Dr Colin Crawford
Status: Complete
Publications:
- Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, Volume 22, Issue 4, May 1999, Pages 235 – 244
Colin M. Crawford, Robert F. Hannan, Management of acute lumbar disk herniation initially presenting as mechanical low back pain, Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics,