STUDY DESIGN A three-arm controlled trial with adaptive allocation. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to compare short-term effects of a side-lying, thrust spinal manipulation (SM) procedure and a nonthrust, flexion-distraction SM procedure in adults with subacute or chronic low back pain (LBP) over 2 weeks. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA SM has been recommended in recently published clinica...

BACKGROUND Multiple Sclerosis (MS) causes not only somatic, but also cognitive impairment regardless of the patients׳ age or the course of the disease. The Brief International Cognitive Assessment for MS (BICAMS) test, published in 2011, is a short cognitive questionnaire: a fast, reliable, sensitive and specific tool for the evaluation of the patients׳ cognitive state. OBJECTIVES Our primary...

Methods A sample of 36 doctors (54 years, range 32-71; 12 males) working in health public setting (23) or private office (13) filled in an ad-hoc questionnaire. The items included: available time to visit patient and prescribe AIT; patient’s education to AIT or therapeutic alternatives; time dedicated to AIT description; barriers to AIT prescription; patients elective for AIT and contraindicati...