TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Spinal Traction A1 - Hazle, Charles A2 - Bellew, James W. A2 - Nolan, Thomas P. PY - 2022 T2 - Michlovitz’s Modalities for Therapeutic Intervention, 7e AB - The practice of using traction—applying tensile forces to the long axis of the spine—to treat patients with pain associated with the spine has been advocated for centuries. Modern support for traction stemmed largely from British physician James Cyriax, who in the 1940s recommended using traction to treat patients with suspected disc lesions.1 Practitioners from Cyriax’s time to more recent treatment approaches, including those developed by Australian physiotherapist Geoffrey Maitland, also proposed traction to be of value in treating patients with spinal disorders.2,3 The rationale for this intervention in patient care may have evolved, but the fundamental concept of its usage has remained remarkably consistent over the years. SN - PB - F. A. Davis Company CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - fadavisat.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1187661687 ER -