Short-term efficacy of spinal manipulation in addition to pharmacological treatment of acute low back pain in the emergency department: a randomized controlled trial

Family Medicine Department, International School of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey; Traditional & Complementary Medicine Department, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey; Scientific Office, U-merge Ltd., London, Athens, Dubai; Family Medicine Department, Mega Hospital, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey; Emergency Department, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey; Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Department, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey; Turkish Holistic & Integrative Medicine Association, Istanbul, Turkey Contributions: (I) Conception and design: AT Atayoglu; (II) Administrative support: E Temizkan; (III) Provision of study materials or patients: AT Atayoglu, A Atac, M Turan, M Guner; (IV) Collection and assembly of data: AT Atayoglu, S Korhan, MB Emenli, H Koc; (V) Data analysis and interpretation: AT Atayoglu, E Temizkan; (VI) Manuscript writing: All authors; (VII) Final approval of manuscript: All authors. U-merge Ltd. (Urology for Emerging Countries) is an academic urological & medical platform dedicated to facilitate knowledge transfer on all levels from developed to emerging countries. U-merge Ltd. is registered with the Companies House in London/UK. www.U-merge.com. Correspondence to: Ali Timucin Atayoglu, MD. U-merge scientific Office, 1, Menandrou Street, Athens 14561, Greece. Email: scientific-Office@u-merge.com; atatayoglu@medipol.edu.tr.