Risks in teaching manipulation techniques in master programmes.
High Velocity Techniques (HVT) in the (high) cervical spine are part of the standard curricula of manual therapy educational programmes. Little is known about the risk or the presence of adverse events during skills training sessions. This article describes two cases of students with both being at risk for an adverse event; one with a congenital artery aberration and one with cancer in the high cervical region. Teachers and educational programme developers should take risk management into account when teaching HVT.
University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Electronic address: jan.pool@hu.nl.
Jan
J
Pool
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Barbara
B
Cagnie
Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, MOVE Research Institute, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Annelies
A
Pool-Goudzwaard
D000328:Adult; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D003479:Curriculum; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D026201:Musculoskeletal Manipulations / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000193:education*; D012307:Risk Factors; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*
Adverse events; Education; Risks; Upper cervical manipulation