Table 5.
Effects of SMT on lumbar range of motion
| Author | Quality score /100 | Treatment and control activity (sham, other or nothing) | Mean ROM measures in degrees pre-treatment (SD) Flexion | Mean ROM measures in degrees pre-treatment (SD) Extension | Mean ROM measures in degrees post-treatment (SD) Flexion | Mean ROM measures in degrees post-treatment (SD) Extension | Differences pre –post treatment in degrees Flexion | Differences pre –post treatment in degrees Extension | Comments | Were the differences in outcome tested between groups and were they significant? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Konstantinou
[46] |
83 |
- Mobilization (n=26) - Lying down (n=26) |
69.5 (19.0) |
21.9 (10.2) |
76.7 (22.4) 69.7 (21.5) |
24.0 (11.0) 21.2 (11.1) |
7.2 0.2 |
2.1 −0.7 |
Values pre-treatment are baseline for both groups. Small changes. |
Yes and no |
| Stamospapastomous
[47] |
83 |
- SMT(lumbar) (n=32) - Mobilization (n=32) |
54.22 (12.76) 54.11 (11.13) |
27.02 (14.42) 22.8 (10.0) |
56.07 (12.22) 54.81 (11.36) |
28.56 (14.23) 23.66 (11.39) |
1.85 0.7 |
1.54 0.86 |
No significant effect for the whole group, but some individual effects reported by author. |
Not tested |
| Goodsell [45] | 69 | - PA mobilization - Nothing | A=105 (11) B=95 (22) | A=52 (8) B=46 (14) | A=106 (13) B=97(21) A=108 (12) B=95 (24) | A=52 (11) B=47 (14) A=52 (9) B=47 (14) | 0.9 1.4 | 0.9 1.4 | No effect on ROM. | Yes and no |