Francisco X. Araujo (e-mail, ResearchGate, Twitter) of the UniRitter - Centro Universitário Ritter dos Reis, located in Porto Alegre, Brazil and Giovanni Ferreira (e-mail, ResearchGate, Twitter) of the University of Sydney (Australia) are interviewed by Stephen M. Shaffer regarding a publication from the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics titled, “Autonomic Effects of Spinal Manipulative Therapy: Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.” This episode contains information that will be interesting for practitioners who want to learn more about the relationship between spinal orthopaedic manual therapy and autonomic nervous system function. Additionally, during this episode three specific studies were referred to including: Bialosky et al 2018 (mechanisms of manual therapy), Schmid 2008 (CNS component in response to cervical spine joint mobilization), and Kingston 2014 (the effects of spinal mobilization on the SNS).

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