Reconceptualising manual therapy skills in contemporary practice

Martin Rabey; Toby Hall; Clair Hebron; Thorvaldur Skuli Palsson; Steffan Wittrup Christensen; Niamh Moloney

doi:10.1016/j.msksp.2017.02.010

Reconceptualising manual therapy skills in contemporary practice

Martin Rabey, Toby Hall, Clair Hebron, Thorvaldur Skuli Palsson, Steffan Wittrup Christensen, Niamh Moloney

University of Brighton

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Challenges to the use of manual therapy have arisen from evidence of its limited effectiveness as a sole modality, indicated by clinically insignificant effect sizes in some populations (Gross et al. , 2015, Rubinstein et al. , 2011). Further, the reliability and validity of manual assessment findings has also come under question. So, does the evidence base truly support the abandonment of manual therapy? Do these age-old and intensively-acquired skills lack practice? In this manuscript, we consider the balance of evidence around manual assessment and intervention, whilst presenting a contemporary perspective on interpretation of manual examination findings, and how these might inform clinical reasoning.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	28-32
Number of pages	5
Journal	Musculoskeletal Science and Practice
Volume	29
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msksp.2017.02.010
Publication status	Published - 6 Mar 2017

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