• Study:
In a Randomized controlled trial, 183 patients with neck pain were randomly allocated to Chiropractic (spinal manipulation), physiotherapy (mainly exercise) or general practitioner care (counseling, education and perscription drugs) in a 52-week study.

• Results:
The clinical outcomes measures showed that Chiropractic resulted in faster recovery than physiotherapy and general practitioner care. Moreover, total costs of the Chiropractic patients were about one-third of the costs of physiotherapy or general practitioner care.

• Reference:
British Medical Journal, Korthals-de Bos et al. (2003)