Adverse events after manual therapy among patients seeking care for neck and/or back pain: a randomized controlled trial

Table 3 Comparison of different levels of adverse events between treatment arms

	Adverse events
Treatment arms	Short minor^aOR (95% CI)	Long minor^bOR (95% CI)	Short moderate^cOR (95% CI)	Long moderate^dOR (95% CI)
1. MT^e	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.
2. MT excluding spinal manipulation	1.09 (0.83-1.43)	1.37 (0.91-2.08)	0.82 (0.58-1.16)	1.09 (0.79-1.52)
3. MT excluding stretching	1.09 (0.84-1.43)	1.24 (0.82-1.89)	0.97 (0.70-1.37)	1.11 (0.81-1.53)

^a(NRS ≤3 and duration <24 hours), ^b(NRS ≤3 and duration ≥24 hours), ^c(NRS >3 and duration < 24 hours), ^d(NRS >3 and duration ≥24 hours).
Numeric rating scale (NRS) 0–10 (0 = had not bothered them at all and 10 = had bothered them in the worst possible way).
^eManual Therapy (spinal manipulation/mobilization, stretching and massage).

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