Relationship between Biomechanical Characteristics of Spinal Manipulation and Neural Responses in an Animal Model: Effect of Linear Control of Thrust Displacement versus Force, Thrust Amplitude, Thrust Duration, and Thrust Rate

<table>Schematic showing the experimental protocols. The protocol for a cat in the 55% body weight (BW) cohort is depicted. Contact load applied prior to the HVLA-SM removed slack from the soft tissues and engaged the L<sub>6</sub> vertebra. The high-velocity low-amplitude spinal manipulations (HVLA-SM) were applied at the spinous process of the L<sub>6</sub> vertebra. The 7 thrust durations were presented in random order. Duration of the contact load not drawn to scale. BW: body weight.</table>

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Figure 2: Relationship between Biomechanical Characteristics of Spinal Manipulation and Neural Responses in an Animal Model: Effect of Linear Control of Thrust Displacement versus Force, Thrust Amplitude, Thrust Duration, and Thrust Rate 

Figure 2 | Relationship between Biomechanical Characteristics of Spinal Manipulation and Neural Responses in an Animal Model: Effect of Linear Control of Thrust Displacement versus Force, Thrust Amplitude, Thrust Duration, and Thrust Rate 