The Biomechanical Analysis of Magnitude and Direction of Force by Different Techniques of Thoracic Spinal Manipulation

Table 1

Comparison of force according to spine level on the -axis in P to A TSM ().

	T3	T7	T12
Baseline				2.478
PreMax				1.868
PreMin				1.930
Peak				3.121
Peak-baseline				1.193

Note. a = significant difference between T3 and T7; b = significant difference between T7 and T12; c = significant difference between T3 and T12; PreMax = preload maximum; PreMin = preload minimum; T = thoracic spine level. Values are expressed as (N).