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Table 6 Patients experiencing at least one adverse event after each visit

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

Visit number

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

n = 767

n = 685

n = 556

n = 389

n = 211

n = 84

(%)

(%)

(%)

(%)

(%)

(%)

Adverse event

      

Short minora

270

218

147

89

55

32

(35)

(32)

(26)

(23)

(26)

(38)

Long minorb

34

110

64

37

27

12

(4)

(16)

(12)

(10)

(13)

(14)

Short moderatec

135

147

87

57

24

10

(18)

(21)

(17)

(15)

(11)

(12)

Long moderated

121

117

80

44

18

7

(16)

(17)

(14)

(11)

(9)

(8)

  1. a(NRS ≤3 and duration <24 hours), b(NRS ≤3 and duration ≥24 hours), c(NRS >3 and duration <24 hours), c(NRS >3 and duration <24 hours), d(NRS >3 and duration ≥24 hours).
  2. Numeric rating scale (NRS) 0–10 (0 = had not bothered them at all and 10 = had bothered them in the worst possible way).
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