Table 4.

Summary of surgical type, manual therapy interventions, and adverse events

Citation	Surgical intervention (years prior to manual therapy intervention)	Manual therapy applied to cervical region	Manual therapy applied to thoracic region	Manual spinal mobilization or manipulation	Table assisted mobilization or manipulation	Instrument assisted joint manipulation or mobilization	Manual therapy intervention(s) not otherwise classified	Multimodal approach combining manual therapy with other intervention(s)	Adverse event reported
Bloink and Blum [43]	C5-C6 Disc Replacement C5-C6, C6-C7 Disc Replacement						X X	X X
Casagrande et al. [34]	C4-C5 ACDF (4 weeks)						X	X
Cole et al. [49]	C3-C7 Fusion	X		X	X			X
Cooper and Golberg [35]	C6-C7 Anterior Fusion	X	X		X	X
Harrison et al. [36]	C5-C6 Anterior Fusion (13 years) C5-C6 Anterior Fusion With Plate (12 years)	X	X	X		X	X	X
Murphy and Morris [37]	C5-C7 Anterior Fusion (8 years) C5-C7 Anterior Fusion With Instrumentation (6 years)	X		X				X	X
Polkinghorn and Colloca [38]	C3-C4 Discectomy C5-C6 Fusion	X				X
Salvatori et al. [39]	C5-C7 ACDF		X				X	X
Tibbles [42]	C5-C6 Discectomy	X					X
Malone et al. [40]	C6-C7 ACDF C4-C5 Fusion	X X					X X		X X
Peolsson et al. [32]	ACDF (6 weeks)		X				X	X
Ren et al. [33]	Open reduction, internal fixation						X	X