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Unravelling functional neurology: does spinal manipulation have an effect on the brain? – a systematic literature review.

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2019 Oct 2;27:60. doi: 10.1186/s12998-019-0265-8. eCollection 2019.

Unravelling functional neurology: does spinal manipulation have an effect on the brain? – a systematic literature review.

Meyer AL1,2,3, Amorim MA1,2, Schubert M4, Schweinhardt P5, Leboeuf-Yde C1,2,3,6.

Abstract

in English, French

Background:

A recent hypothesis purports that spinal manipulation may cause changes at a brain level. Functional Neurology, a mainly chiropractic approach, promotes the use of spinal manipulation to improve ‘brain function’ as if it were a proven construct. No systematic review has been performed to investigate how well founded this hypothesis is.

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SOURCE: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31632640

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