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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/23431209

BACKGROUND: Manual therapists typically advocate the need for a detailed clinical examination to decide which vertebral level should be manipulated in patients with low back pain. However, it is unclear whether spinal manipulation needs to be specific to a vertebral level.

Both groups improved in terms of immediate decrease of pain intensity; however, no between-group differences were observed.

CONCLUSION: The immediate changes in pain intensity and pressure pain threshold after a single high-velocity manipulation do not differ by region-specific versus non-region-specific manipulation techniques in patients with chronic low back pain.