Reason for withdrawal from publication
This review has been split and updated as two reviews:
Rubinstein SM, van Middelkoop M, Assendelft WJJ, de Boer MR, van Tulder MW. Spinal manipulative therapy for chronic low‐back pain. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD008112. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008112.pub2.
Rubinstein SM, Terwee CB, Assendelft WJJ, de Boer MR, van Tulder MW. Spinal manipulative therapy for acute low‐back pain. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2012, Issue 9. Art. No.: CD008880. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008880.pub2.
The editorial group responsible for this previously published document have withdrawn it from publication.
Keywords: Humans; Low Back Pain; Low Back Pain/therapy; Manipulation, Spinal; Manipulation, Spinal/methods; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Feedback
concerns re: updating
Summary
I am surprised that people trusting Cochrane reviews still have no information affected by Olaf Aure's trial. With publication some time after data collection and then the reviews being up to 2 years behind publication; that's a long time for evidence to begin to be the basis of medicine. Doesn't anyone have any sense of urgency ?
Reply
Thank you for taking the time for reading our review on 'Spinal Manipulative Therapy' and commenting on it. You are correct. It is in need of updating, and we are working towards that end.
For your information, Olaf Aure's trial was included in Dr Hayden's 'Exercise therapy for treatment of non‐specific low back pain' review. However, data were not presented in a fashion that allowed inclusion in any of the meta‐analyses.
The trial was also identified in the literature search conducted for the European Guidelines for the Management of Chronic Low‐back Pain (http://www.backpaineurope.org/web/files/WG2_Guidelines.pdf). However, they excluded it because 'the patients in the manual therapy group also received a substantial amount of exercise therapy, making the respective effects of the manual therapy and the exercise therapy difficult to ascertain' [pg 91]. They also excluded it from the section on exercises for the same reason [pg 76].
Contributors
R. MacDonald ‐ musculoskeletal medicine specialist V. Pennick ‐ Back Group Coordinator, on behalf of the authors and editors
What's new
| Date | Event | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 10 December 2012 | Amended | This review has been withdrawn from publication. It has been split, updated, and linked to the new reviews. |
| 16 June 2008 | Amended | Converted to new review format. |
History
Protocol first published: Issue 1, 1996 Review first published: Issue 1, 2004
| Date | Event | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2 February 2006 | Feedback has been incorporated | Feedback added: 28/11/05 Response to feedback added: 02/02/06 See Feedback section. |
Sources of support
Internal sources
Division of Public Health, Department of General Practice, Academic Medical Center, Netherlands.
Dutch College of General Practitioners, Netherlands.
RAND, Santa Monica, USA.
Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, LA, USA.
External sources
No sources of support supplied
Withdrawn from publication for reasons stated in the review