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Table 2 The patient populations most frequently studied in the included reviews (listed after frequency shown in brackets)

From: The risk associated with spinal manipulation: an overview of reviews

1. Cervical pain (25)

 

2. Low back pain (18)

 

3. Headache (16)

 

4. Children/adolescents (6)

 

5. Asthma (4)

 

6. Cervical radiculopathy (4)

 

7. Musculoskeletal (various) (4)

 

8. Pregnant (4)

 

9. Dysmenorrhea (3)

 

10. Lumbar radiculopathy (3)

 

11. Pelvic pain (3)

 

12. Carpal tunnel syndrome (2)

 

13.Phobia (2)

 

14. Cervical trauma (1)

 

15. Chronic inflammatory disease (1)

 

16. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (1)

 

17. Colic (1)

 

18. Diversity of complaints (1)

 

19. Dizziness (1)

 

20. Frozen shoulder (1)

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