Spinal manipulation – which is used by chiropractors and osteopaths in the UK to treat neck and back pain – is of little help, researchers have said.
Experts from Peninsula Medical School in Devon reviewed 26 studies carried out between 2000 and 2005.
Writing in Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, they said the data gave “little evidence” of effectiveness.
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