Editing Manual therapy (section)

== Definitions ==

Irvin Korr, J. S. Denslow and colleagues did the original body of research on manual therapy.<ref>{{cite web |title=Facilitated Segments: a critical review |url=http://www.cpdo.net/res/page15.html |website=cpdo.net |access-date=12 June 2018}}</ref> Korr described it as the "Application of an accurately determined and specifically directed manual force to the body, in order to improve mobility in areas that are restricted; in joints, in connective tissues or in skeletal muscles."<ref name="Korr2012">{{cite book|author=I.M. Korr|title=The Neurobiologic Mechanisms in Manipulative Therapy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oJXuBwAAQBAJ|date=6 December 2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-1-4684-8902-6}}</ref>

According to the ''Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy Description of Advanced Specialty Practice'' manual therapy is defined as a clinical approach utilizing specific hands-on techniques, including but not limited to manipulation/mobilization, used by the physical therapist to diagnose and treat soft tissues and joint structures for the purpose of modulating pain; increasing range of motion (ROM); reducing or eliminating soft tissue inflammation; inducing relaxation; improving contractile and non-contractile tissue repair, extensibility, and/or stability; facilitating movement; and improving function.<ref>{{cite web |title=Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy Description of Advanced Specialty Practice |url=https://aaompt.org/aaompt_data/documents/AAOMPT_2008_MT_DASP_FINAL.pdf |website=aaompt.org |publisher=American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists |access-date=12 June 2018}}</ref>

A consensus study of US chiropractors<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Gatterman MI, Hansen DT | title = Development of chiropractic nomenclature through consensus | journal = Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics | volume = 17 | issue = 5 | pages = 302–309 | year = 1994| pmid = 7930963 }}</ref> defined manual therapy (generally known as the "chiropractic adjustment" in the profession) as "Procedures by which the hands directly contact the body to treat the articulations and/or soft tissues."