Well, as you saw in Bud's post, the technique already is part of any 737 emergency checklist.

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Loss of control checklist 1) hydraulic pressure > check if present 2) stab trim setting > adjust to typical cruise value 3) twiddle > no matter what 4) re-twiddle if necessary 5) keep on twiddling

That's from an official Boeing doc, trust me.  8-)

They've revised that checklist quite often. The first one just read

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Slowly apply pressure to .. your FO to handle the situation, dammit!

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