Required Reading List for DPTR 6403 – Spine Musculoskeletal

Course Coordinator: Paul Mintken PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT

Delitto A,George SZ, Van Dillen LR, et al. Low back pain: clinical practice guidelines. J Orthop Sports PhysTher. 2012;42(4):A1-A57. View Abstract in PubMed

Childs J. Do the right thing, and do it now. J Orthop Sports PhysTher 2012;42(4):296-299.No Abstract Available.

Wilson JF. Low back pain. Ann Intern Med. 2008;148(9):ITC5-1. No Abstract Available.

Fritz JM, Cleland JA, Childs JD. Subgrouping patients with low back pain: evolution of a classification approach to physical therapy. J Orthop Sports PhysTher. 2007;37(6):290-302. View Abstract in PubMed

Childs JD, Fritz JM, Flynn TW, et al. A clinical prediction rule to identify patients with low back pain most likely to benefit from spinal manipulation: a validation study. Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(12):920-928. View Abstract in PubMed

Cleland JA, Fritz JM, Kulig K, et al.Comparison of the effectiveness of three manual physical therapy techniques in a subgroup of patients with low back pain who satisfy a clinical prediction rule: a randomized clinical trial.Spine.2009;34(25):2720-2729.View Abstract in PubMed

Rainville J,Smeets R, Bendix T, Tveito T, Poiraudeau S, Indahl A. Fear-avoidance beliefs and pain avoidance in low back pain—translating research into clinical practice. Spine J. 2011;11(9):895-903. View Abstract in PubMed

Hicks GE, Fritz JM, Delitto A, McGill SM. Preliminary development of a clinical prediction rule for determining which patients with low back pain will respond to a stabilization exercise program. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2005;86(9):1753-1762. View Abstract in PubMed

Nee RJ, Butler D. Management of peripheral neuropathic pain: integrating neurobiology, neurodynamics, and clinical evidence. PhysTher Sport. 2006;7:36-49. No Abstract Available.

Fritz JM, Lindsay W, Matheson JW, et al. Is there a subgroup of patients with low back pain likely to benefit from mechanical traction? Results of a randomized clinical trial and subgrouping analysis. Spine. 2007;32:E793-800.View Abstract in PubMed

Nijs J, Van Houdenhove B, Oostendorp RA. Recognition of central sensitization in patients with musculoskeletal pain: application of pain neurophysiology in manual therapy practice. Man Ther. 2010;15(2):135-141. View Abstract in PubMed

Nijs J, Paul van Wilgen C, Van Oosterwijck J, van Ittersum M, Meeus M. How to explain central sensitization to patients with 'unexplained' chronic musculoskeletal pain: practice guidelines. Man Ther. 2011;16(5):413-418. View Abstract in PubMed

Edmondston SJ, Singer KP. Thoracic spine: anatomical and biomechanical considerations for manual therapy. Man Ther. 1997;2(3):132-143. View Abstract in PubMed

Fruth SJ. Differential diagnosis and treatment in a patient with posterior upper thoracic pain. PhysTher. 2006;86(2):254-268. View Abstract in PubMed

Childs JD, Cleland JA, Elliott JM, et al. Neck pain: clinical practice guidelines linked to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health from the Orthopedic Section of the American Physical Therapy Association. J Orthop Sports PhysTher. 2008;38(9):A1-A34. View Abstract in PubMed

Cleland JA, Childs JD, Fritz JM, Whitman JM. Interrater reliability of the history and physical examination in patients with mechanical neck pain. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2006;87(10):1388-1395. View Abstract in PubMed

Childs JD, Fritz JM, Piva SR, Whitman JM. Proposal of a classification system for patients with neck pain. J Orthop Sports PhysTher. 2004;34(11):686-696;discussion697-700. View Abstract in PubMed

Cleland JA, Mintken PE, Carpenter K, et al.Examination of a clinical prediction rule to identify patients with neck pain likely to benefit from thoracic spine thrust manipulation and a general cervical range of motion exercise: multi-center randomized clinical trial.PhysTher.2010;90(9):1239-1250. View Abstract in PubMed

Jull GA, Falla D, Vicenzino B, Hodges PW. The effect of therapeutic exercise on activation of the deep cervical flexor muscles in people with chronic neck pain. Man Ther. 2009;14(6):696-701. View Abstract in PubMed

Wright EF, North SL. Mmanagement and treatment of temporomandibular disorders: a clinical perspective. J Man ManipTher. 2009;17(4):247-254. View Abstract in PubMed

Puentedura EJ, Cleland JA, Landers MR, Mintken PE, Louw A, Fernández-de-Las-Peñas C. Development of a clinical prediction rule to identify patients with neck pain likely to benefit from thrust joint manipulation to the cervical spine. J Orthop Sports PhysTher. 2012;42(7):577-592. View Abstract in PubMed

Jull G, Trott P, Potter H, et al. A randomized controlled trial of exercise and manipulative therapy for cervicogenic headache. Spine. 2002;27(17):1835-1843;discussion 1843. View Abstract in PubMed

Walker MJ, Boyles RE, Young BA, et al. The effectiveness of manual physical therapy and exercise for mechanical neck pain: a randomized clinical trial. Spine. 2008;33(22):2371-2378.View Abstract in PubMed

Young IA, Michener LA, Cleland JA, Aguilera AJ, Snyder AR. Manual therapy, exercise, and traction for patients with cervical radiculopathy: a randomized clinical trial. PhysTher. 2009;89(7):632-642. View Abstract in PubMed

Mintken PE, DeRosa C, Little T, Smith B. AAOMPT clinical guidelines: a model for standardizing manipulation terminology in physical therapy practice. J Orthop Sports PhysTher. 2008;38(3):A1-6.View Abstract in PubMed

Supplemental /Optional readings:

Flynn T, Fritz J, Whitman J, et al. A clinical prediction rule for classifying patients with low back pain who demonstrate short-term improvement with spinal manipulation. Spine. 2002;27(24):2835-2843. View Abstract in PubMed

Hides JA, Jull GA, Richardson CA. Long-term effects of specific stabilizing exercises for first-episode low back pain. Spine. 2001;26(11):E243-248.View Abstract in PubMed

BialoskyJE, Simon CB, Bishop MD, George SZ. Basis for spinal manipulative therapy: a physical therapist perspective JElectromyogrKinesiol. 2012;22(5):643-47. View Abstract in PubMed

George S, Wittmer V, Fillingim R, et al.Comparison of graded exercise and graded exposure clinical outcomes for patients with chronic low back pain.J Orthop Sports PhysTher 2010;40(11):694-704.View Abstract in PubMed

WernekeMH, Hart DL, Cutrone G, et al. Aassociation between directional preference and centralization in patients with low back pain. J Orthop Sports PhysTher 2011;41(1):22-31.View Abstract in PubMed

Whitman JM, Flynn TW, Childs JD, et al. A comparison between two physical therapy treatment programs for patients with lumbar spinal stenosis: a randomized clinical trial. Spine. 2006;31(22):2541-2549.View Abstract in PubMed

Hebert J, Koppenhaver S, Fritz J, Parent E. Clinical prediction for success of interventions for managing low back pain. Clin Sports Med. 2008;27(3):463-479, ix-x.View Abstract in PubMed

WalserRF, Meserve BB, Boucher TR. The effectiveness of thoracic spine manipulation for the management of musculoskeletal conditions: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials. J Man ManipTher. 2009;17(4):237-246.View Abstract in PubMed

Cook CE, Hegedus E, Pietrobon R, Goode A. A pragmatic neurological screen for patients with suspected cord compressive myelopathy. PhysTher. 2007;87:1233-1242.View Abstract in PubMed

Fritz JM, Brennan GP. Preliminary examination of a proposed treatment-based classification system for patients receiving physical therapy interventions for neck pain. PhysTher. 2007;87(9):513-524.View Abstract in PubMed

Raney NH, Petersen EJ, Smith TA, et al. Development of a clinical prediction rule to identify patients with neck pain likely to benefit from cervical traction and exercise. Eur Spine J. Mar 2009;18(3):382-391. View Abstract in PubMed