Manual therapy for whiplash

Manual therapy might possibly have no effect for patients suffering whiplash trauma, although there is no evidence from controlled studies.

A systematic review including 4 studies with a total of 471 subjects was abstracted in DARE.

In all studies, the difference in the interventions received by the treatment and control groups was not only manual therapy but also various other co-interventions. Thus, it is not possible to draw conclusions about the effectiveness of manual therapy in patients following whiplash trauma. Studies compared a combination of physical therapies and various co-interventions with treatments consisting of rest, neck braces, information and physical interventions. It is, therefore, not possible to report on the results of the effectiveness of mobilisations and/or manipulations for whiplash trauma.

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1. Rongen FM, Verhagen AP. Whiplash: een systematische review naarde effectiviteit van manuele therapie bij patienten na een whiplashtrauma (Whiplash: a systematic review of the efficacy of manual therapy in patients with whiplash). Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Fysiotherapie 2000;110:41-47.