Is there any medical research on Manipulation Under Anesthesia?
Donald Chrisman, MD – Orthopedic Surgeon Reported 51% reported good to excellent results post-MUA at 3 year follow-up.* Robert Mensor, MD – Orthopedic Surgeon Reported 83% of MUA patients good to excellent compared with 51% of surgical patients with the same outcome.* D. Siehl, DO – 723 MUA patients (largest clinical MUA trial conducted) 71% good results, 25% fair, 4% required later surgery as previously planned.* Raul Kuo, MD – Professor of Orthopedics – 517 patient study of disc herniation cased treated with SMT; 78.6% of the cases responded well and avoided planned surgery.* Krumhansl and Nowacek – 171 patients post-MUA 25% had no pain, 50% much improved, 20% better, 5% no relief.* West et al. – 177 patients post-MUA 68.6% able to return to work, 58.4% required no more medication, 60.1% had lumbar pain resolved.* Palmieri et al. – pain reduced 50% following three consecutive days of procedure* Samuel Turek, MD – good to excellent results for lumbar herniated nucleus pulposus** *.A H
