Peer Reviewed Publications

Research done during my Master of Chiropractic at Macquarie University after developing the prototype known then as the Thrust in Motion manikin in my home workshop. Thank you to Rod Bonnello then head of school, Ray Hayek PhD (for explaining statistics), and Scott Philipson for teaching with the manikins in tutorials for decades.

J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 1998 May;21(4):241-5.

"A cervical manikin procedure for chiropractic skills development."

Young TJ, Hayek R, Philipson SA.

Significant enhancements were made and the name was changed to Fleximan. Macquarie university has used the device in its training program since 1999.

Murdoch University purchased and adopted the device in 2013 and published in 2015. Thank you to Peter Chapman, Bruce Walker and team.

Chiropr Man Therap. 2015; 23: 23.

Published online 2015 Aug 3. doi: [10.1186/s12998-015-0067-6] PMCID: PMC4522963 PMID: 26240752

"The simulated early learning of cervical spine manipulation technique utilising mannequins"

Peter D Chapman, Norman J Stomski, Barrett Losco, and Bruce F Walker

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