André Broussard, D.C.

Whether to Treat and How: Obesity in Older Adults

Cleve Clin J Med 2014 Jan 01;81(1)51-61, DC Cetin, G Nasr Review · January 24, 2014 TAKE-HOME MESSAGE Key points covered in this article: Waist circumference may be a better measure of adiposity than BMI in older patients. Although BMI > 30 kg/m2 is associated with health risks in older adults, survival may be better in […]

Children with mild trauma fractures have lower bone strength

January 8, 2014 Full Story Children with forearm fractures that occurred due to mild trauma have lower bone strength compared to other children, predisposing them to osteoporotic fractures later in life, according to a recently published study. “Our study highlights the need for clinicians to consider the level of trauma preceding the injury, when treating […]

Systematic Review of Guidelines for the Physical Management of Osteoarthritis

Peter J. Larmer, DHSc, MPH, FNZCP Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Volume 95, Issue 2 , Pages 375-389, February 2014 Journal Reference Abstract Objective To undertake a systematic critical appraisal of guidelines to provide a summary of recommendations for the physical management of osteoarthritis (OA). Data Sources The Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, CINAHL, SPORTDiscus with […]

Tissue Damage Markers after a Spinal Manipulation in Healthy Subjects

Disease Markers Volume 2014 (2014), Article ID 815379, 7 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/815379 Tissue Damage Markers after a Spinal Manipulation in Healthy Subjects: A Preliminary Report of a Randomized Controlled Trial A. Achalandabaso Abstract Spinal manipulation (SM) is a manual therapy technique frequently applied to treat musculoskeletal disorders because of its analgesic effects. It is defined by […]

Treatment of tension-type headache with articulatory and suboccipital soft tissue therapy

Treatment of tension-type headache with articulatory and suboccipital soft tissue therapy: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial Gemma V. Espí-López, PhD, PT Received: September 13, 2013; Received in revised form: December 26, 2013; Accepted: December 31, 2013; Published Online: January 27, 2014 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbmt.2014.01.001 Treatment of tension-type headache with articulatory and suboccipital soft tissue therapy: […]

A Randomized Trial of Exercise Training in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Disease

Jonathan Myers; Mary Mcelrath; Alyssa Jaffe; Kimberly Smith; Holly Fonda; Andrew Vu; Bradley Hill; Ronald Dalman Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2014;46(1) Abstract Purpose: Screening programs and greater public awareness have increased the recognition of early abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) disease. No medical therapy has proven effective in limiting AAA progression, and little is known regarding […]

New insights into neck-pain-related postural control using measures of signal frequency and complexity in older adults

Gait Posture. 2014 Apr;39(4):1069-73. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2014.01.009. Epub 2014 Jan 25. Quek J1, Brauer SG2, Clark R3, Treleaven J2. Abstract There is evidence to implicate the role of the cervical spine in influencing postural control, however the underlying mechanisms are unknown. The aim of this study was to explore standing postural control mechanisms in older adults […]

Effect of therapeutic infra-red in patients with non-specific low back pain

A pilot study Noureddin Nakhostin Ansari, PhD, P Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 75-81, January 2014 Summary The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of infra-red (IR) in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain (NSLBP). Ten patients with NSLBP (5 men and 5 women) […]

Vitamin D Blog: Protection Is Futile

01.24.2014 A new blog from MedPage Today offers our take on the plethora of vitamin D research out there. Only a month into 2014 and already PubMed lists nearly 70 new studies on vitamin D. It seems there’s at least one new study of the vitamin published every day, and in the Vitamin D Blog, […]

The 15-Second Frailty Screen – VIDEO

Published: Nov 27, 2013 By Elbert Chu, Associate Producer, MedPage Today Individuals who are frail face increased risks of dependency and mortality. To explore new efforts to screen for frailty, we turned to John Morley, MD, director of the Division of Geriatric Medicine at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine. In 2007, Morley published a book calledThe Science […]

VIDEO: Low Back Pain Patient Education

Published on Jan 24, 2014 Check out our new website, http://www.evanshealthlab.com/ Follow Dr. Mike for new videos! http://twitter.com/docmikeevans Dr. Mike Evans is founder of the Health Design Lab at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, an Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health at the University of Toronto, and a staff physician at St. Michael’s Hospital. […]

Rephrasing the Subluxation: Capturing Lightning in a Bottle

By Anthony Rosner, PhD, LLD [Hon.], LLC Dynamic Chiropractic – February 1, 2014, Vol. 32, Issue 03 Full Story For all these years, as we know only too well, debates have raged both within and beyond the chiropractic community over subluxation: what it is or even why it is. It has been a question as to […]

Listening to the Public

Dynamic Chiropractic – February 1, 2014, Vol. 32, Issue 03 By Donald M. Petersen Jr., BS, HCD(hc), FICC(h), Publisher As you evaluate how you can best communicate the benefits of chiropractic in 2014, you may find the results of two focus groups helpful in deciding how to structure your marketing campaign. In October of last year, […]

The Science of Treating Neck Pain

Canadian evidence review yields updated recommendations for acute & chronic pain By Peter W. Crownfield, Executive Editor Dynamic Chiropractic – February 1, 2014, Vol. 32, Issue 03 Full Story PubMed Reference The January 2014 issue of JMPT features the award-winning papers from the World Federation of Chiropractic’s 2013 Congress, perhaps the most intriguing of which in terms of clinical […]

Markey Calls for Investigation into Herbalife Business Practices

Thursday, January 23, 2014 Lawmaker concerned nutritional supplement company could be operating outside securities law as a pyramid scheme   Washington (January 23, 2014) After hearing serious complaints of improper pressure and financial hardship, including from a constituent in Massachusetts who lost her entire retirement savings, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass) is calling for more […]

Dietary Supplements With Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Antioxidants for Dry Eye

Clin Ophthalmol 2014 Jan 07;2014(8)169-176, A Olenik Research · January 22, 2014 Full Story Journal Reference http://www.dovepress.com/articles.php?article_id=15424 TAKE-HOME MESSAGE This follow-up study to earlier clinical trials evaluated the reports of a large cohort of dry-eye patients regarding improvement in symptoms after adding an oral formulation of omega-3 essential fatty acids and antioxidants to the use of […]

MRI Back Scans Do Not Predict if You Need Surgery

Jan 23, 2014 By Richard C. Senelick, M.D. Deep aching back pain that you feel all the way down into your leg. You wake up with it, or it shows up with a simple sneeze or when you bend over to tie your shoes. This problem, called sciatica, affects 13 to 40 percent of all people during […]

Lumbar Disk Herniations: Another Dragon to Slay

Chiroweb.com By Anthony Rosner, PhD, LLD [Hon.], LLC Along with the noteworthy advances of chiropractic research and documentation over the past 20 years have unfortunately come a number of highly publicized slings and arrows. Many are without sufficient basis, and there are enough to conjure up visions of St. Sebastian. One particularly troublesome impediment is […]

How to Cure Irritable Bowel Syndrome in a Few Days – VIDEO

by Mark Hyman, MD Full Story This week’s question is, “I have irritable bowel syndrome. What do I do about it? What causes it? How do I fix my leaky gut? Do I take drugs?” Irritable bowel syndrome is a huge problem that affects almost 50 million Americans or almost one of every six people. […]

Mitochondrial Cytopathy – VIDEO

Although difficult to diagnose, mitochondrial disease is no longer considered rare. This 20 minute video is an in depth discussion of mitochondrial dysfunction and cytopathy and the complex group of disorders and vast array of symptoms that accompany them. You will learn why mitochondrial disease is elusive and how to identify the hallmarks of dysfunction […]