Chiropractic manipulation in pediatric health conditions--an updated systematic review.

Objective: Our purpose was to review the biomedical literature from January 2004 to June 2007 inclusive to determine the extent of new evidence related to the therapeutic application of manipulation for pediatric health conditions. This updates a previous systematic review published in 2005. No critical appraisal of the evidence is undertaken.

Assessing the evidence for the use of chiropractic manipulation in paediatric health conditions: A systematic review.

Objective: To review the biomedical literature up to and including 2003, and determine the extent of the evidence related to the therapeutic application of chiropractic manipulation for paediatric health conditions. No critical appraisal of the evidence is undertaken.

Data Sources: The indexed manual therapy sector including medical, chiropractic, physiotherapy, naturopathic and osteopathic literature was searched.