Design |
• Full-text articles published in English language only |
• Research articles: systematic reviews, randomised controlled trials (RCTs), intervention studies, observational studies, cross sectional studies |
• Grey literature: policies, procedures, guidelines, recommendations, position statements or perspectives (including commentaries, opinions and editorials) |
Participants |
• Study participants must be male or female infants (0 to < 2), children (2 to 12) or adolescents (13 to < 18) (WHO, 2006) |
Intervention |
• Study participants must have had spinal manipulation and/or spinal mobilisation carried out by health professionals with an international body guiding their practice |
Outcome |
• Patient/caregiver reported outcome (PRO), observation-based outcomes, other structure impairment, reports, policy statement or recommendation statement related to body function or structure impairment, activity limitation or participation restriction |
• Adverse events and harms |
Comparison (for intervention studies) |
• Any comparison group in a randomised or non-randomised study: placebo, waitlist, no treatment, adjunct treatment, or comparison intervention |