Response to – Adverse events associated with the use of cervical spine manipulation or mobilization and patient characteristics: A systematic review

We wish to thank Dr. Tuchin for his letter to the Editor in response to our paper. However, we dispute his contention that our reporting of cervical artery dissection in 57% of reported cases may give the reader “a very distorted picture on risks of dissection”. The data speaks for itself. Although cervical arterial dissections (CeAD) is one of the most serious adverse events (AE), in our review we appraised all described AE and not only CeAD. Furthermore, as we described in our discussion, we did not a ddress causality in our review (Kranenburg et al., 2017).

Source: Manual Therapy - May 25, 2017 Category: Physiotherapy Authors: H.A. Kranenburg, M.A. Schmitt, E.J. Puentedura, G.J.R. Luijckx, C.P. van der Schans Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research