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SUBMITTER: Roy RA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3188345 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of chiropractic medicine 20100901 3
<h4>Objective</h4>Inflammatory markers interleukin-6 (IL-6) and C-reactive protein (CRP) have not been evaluated in response to a short course of lumbar spinal manipulation. The purpose of this study is to observe the responses of inflammatory markers (IL-6 and CRP) after a series of 9 chiropractic spinal manipulations.<h4>Methods</h4>Twenty-one participants were assigned to a treatment or a control group. Only the treatment group received 9 chiropractic interventions. Pre- and postintervention ...[more]