Search strategy
| Database | MeSH headings | Limits |
|---|---|---|
| Medline | Manipulation, orthopaedic | Human |
| Manipulation, chiropractic | English | |
| Manipulation, osteopathic | 1998–2003 | |
| Physical therapy techniques | ||
| Musculoskeletal manipulations | ||
| Comparative study | ||
| (Back or neck) and pain | ||
| Cinahl | Manual therapy | English |
| Chiropractic | Clinical trial | |
| Chiropractic manipulation | 1998–2003 | |
| Manipulation, orthopaedic | ||
| Osteopathy | ||
| (Back or neck) and pain | ||
| Embase | Manipulative medicine | Human |
| (Back or neck) and pain | English | |
| 1998–2003 |