The effectiveness of spinal manipulative therapy procedures for spine pain: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateNo ethical approved was needed for this work. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsCGN is partly funded by the Danish Foundation for Chiropractic Research and Post-graduate Education and the Region of Southern Denmark. CEC is the Director of the Duke Center of Excellence in Manual and Manipulative Therapy, is supported by an NCCIH NIH grant, and is an associate editor with JOSPT. JH has received multiple grants from the Danish Foundation for Chiropractic Research and Post-graduate Education and has a part-time position at the Chiropractic Knowledge Hub, Odense, Denmark. EJR is supported by a career development award from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH, K23-AT010487). SMP is an Associate Editor of Chiropractic & Manual Therapies but had no part in the editorial or peer-review process. JJY is supported by the Arthritis Society Canada and the Danish Foundation for Chiropractic Research and Post-graduate Education. SLA, LAC, MD, ASD, SH, HJJ, DM, LN, AY, GHZ, and CBJ have nothing to declare. Competing interests CGN is partly funded by the Danish Foundation for Chiropractic Research and Post-graduate Education and the Region of Southern Denmark. CEC is the Director of the Duke Center of Excellence in Manual and Manipulative Therapy, is supported by an NCCIH NIH grant, and is an associate editor with JOSPT. JH has received multiple grants from the Danish Foundation for Chiropractic Research and Post-graduate Education and has a part-time position at the Chiropractic Knowledge Hub, Odense, Denmark. EJR is supported by a career development award from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH, K23-AT010487). SMP is an Associate Editor of Chiropractic & Manual Therapies but had no part in the editorial or peer-review process. JJY is supported by the Arthritis Society Canada and the Danish Foundation for Chiropractic Research and Post-graduate Education. SLA, LAC, MD, ASD, SH, HJJ, DM, LN, AY, GHZ, and CBJ have nothing to declare."

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"The study was prospectively registered through PROSPERO (CRD42022375836) before initiating the search and the protocol was submitted for publication before extracting the data set and beginning data analysis. Discussion: This will be the most extensive review of thrust SMT to date, and will allow us to estimate the importance of different SMT application procedures used in clinical practice and taught across educational settings. Thus, the results are applicable to clinical practice, educational settings, and research studies.: PROSPERO registration: CRD42022375836."