Public Health and Community Medicine, Consultant of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Tanta University, NCCAM, KSA

Publications

• Review Article   
  Effectiveness of Spinal Manipulation for Treatment of Chronic Non-Specific Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  Author(s): El-Olemy AT*, Tawfik MB, El-Olemy AT1, El-Olemy MA, Hasanain MA and Nashwa MR
  
  Objective: To estimate the extent to which spinal manipulation is effective for adult patients with chronic non-specific low back pain (CNSLBP) Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Data sources: Ovid Medline, Ovid AMED, Ovid EMBASE, CINAHL, Index to Chiropractic Literature (ICL); Cochrane Library, PubMed, and Trip database. Eligibility criteria for selecting studies: Randomized controlled trials examining the effect of spinal manipulation therapy (SMT) in adults (�?� 18 years) with chronic non-specific low back pain. Review methods: Two reviewers independently selected studies, extracted data, and assessed risk of bias and quality of the evidence. The effect of SMT was compared with recommended therapies, non-recommended therapies, sham (placebo) SMT, and SMT as an adjuvant therapy. Main outcomes were pain and back specific functional status.. Read More»
  

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