Association between chiropractic spinal manipulation and cauda equina syndrome in adults with low back pain: Retrospective cohort study of US academic health centers

• Robert J. Trager ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Robert.Trager@duke.edu

  Affiliations Connor Whole Health, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Clinical Research Training Program, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4714-1076

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• Anthony N. Baumann,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Rehabilitation, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, College of Medicine, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, Ohio, United States of America

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• Jaime A. Perez,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinical Research Center, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

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• Jeffery A. Dusek,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

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• Romeo-Paolo T. Perfecto,

  Roles Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Clinical Research Training Program, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Christine M. Goertz

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Robert J. Margolis, MD, Center for Health Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, and Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4941-3645

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