September 8, 2015 According to a new Gallup report released Sept. 8, an estimated 33.6 million U.S adults (14 percent) used chiropractic care within the last 12 months. Studies from other sources, including the 2012 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), have measured yearly chiropractic use at about 20.6 million U.S. adults (8 percent). The report, […]
September 4, 2015 / By Brain & Spine Team Mystified by chiropractors? You’ve got a lot of company. Many people don’t understand what a chiropractor does. “Think of a chiropractor as a doctor who cares for any kind of muscle, joint or bone pain,” advises Andrew Bang, DC, from Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Integrative and […]
JMPT: July–August, 2015, Volume 38, Issue 6, Pages 382–394 James Dunning, DPT, MSc Abstract Objective The purpose of this preliminary study was to investigate changes in shoulder pain, disability, and perceived level of recovery after 2 sessions of upper thoracic and upper rib high-velocity low-amplitude (HVLA) thrust manipulation in patients with shoulder pain secondary to […]
BMJ Open 2015;5:e007836 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2015-007836 Rehabilitation medicine Association of worker characteristics and early reimbursement for physical therapy, chiropractic and opioid prescriptions with workers’ compensation claim duration, for cases of acute low back pain: an observational cohort study Jason W Busse Abstract Objective To assess the association between early reimbursement for physiotherapy, chiropractic and opioid prescriptions for […]
Spine: 01 September 2015 – Volume 40 – Issue 17 – p 1329–1337 Wong, Arnold Y. L. PT, MPhil, PhD Study Design. Nonrandomized controlled study. Objective. To determine whether patients with low back pain (LBP) who respond to spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) differ biomechanically from nonresponders, untreated controls or asymptomatic controls. Summary of Background Data. […]
Chiropractors’ Characteristics Associated With Physician Referrals: Results From a Survey of Canadian Doctors of Chiropractic Marc-André Blanchette, DC, MSc JMPT: July–August, 2015Volume 38, Issue 6, Pages 395–406 Abstract Objective The purpose of this study was to identify characteristics of Canadian doctors of chiropractic (DCs) associated with the number of patients referred by medical doctors (MDs). […]
Explore (NY). 2015 Aug 20. pii: S1550-8307(15)00149-4. doi: 10.1016/j.explore.2015.08.005. [Epub ahead of print] Alcantara J, Alcantara JD, Alcantara J. Abstract OBJECTIVE: Chiropractors have long advocated on the benefits of breastfeeding and given the realized and potential role of chiropractors in the care of infants with breastfeeding difficulties, we performed this review of the literature on […]
Stephen Perle 19 Jun 2015 Research published today has found no significant association between chiropractic visits and vertebrobasilar stroke. In this guest post, Stephen Perle from University of Bridgeport discusses the findings and their limitations. The association between vertebrobasilar artery system (VBA) stroke and cervical spinal manipulative therapy (C-SMT) is a controversial topic and it […]
Nagoya J Med Sci. 2015 Aug;77(3):329-37. Tauchi R, Imagama S, Muramoto A, Tsuboi M, Ishiguro N, Hasegawa Y Abstract Previous studies evaluated various risk factors for knee OA; however, no study has examined the association between spinal factors, such as total spinal alignment and spinal range of motion (ROM), with knee OA. The purpose of […]
August 11, 2015 Could Oregon’s bold move pave the way for more states to initiate similar policies? Many Oregon patients with chronic back pain will soon discover a host of new treatment options they previously didn’t have—including chiropractic care. Beginning next year, the Oregon Health Plan (OHP) will prioritize chiropractic and other complementary therapies over […]
-by Bryan Snoddy, TBCE General Counsel No discussion of practice in Texas is ever complete without first identifying the authority which permits a licensee to engage in that scope of practice. The Chiropractic Act, section 201.002, permits a D.C. to perform modalities that “are nonsurgical” and “nonincisive” that “improve the subluxation complex or the biomechanics […]
Dynamic Chiropractic – August 1, 2015, Vol. 33, Issue 15 By Stephan J Troyanovich, DC and Jennifer Troyanovich Taking a page from Stacy and Clinton of The Learning Channel’s hit television program, “What Not to Wear,” we recently published an article in the summer issue of Chiropractic History: The Archives and Journal of the Association […]
By Anthony Rosner, PhD, LLD [Hon.], LLC Dynamic Chiropractic – August 1, 2015, Vol. 33, Issue 15 For decades, numerous papers have linked upper cervical chiropractic care to the incidence of vertebral artery dissections and stroke.1-6 Particularly bothersome have been the case-control studies, which, neglecting to include a cohort of patients consulting primary care medical […]
Sci Rep. 2015 Jul 6;5:11774. doi: 10.1038/srep11774. Chaibi A, Šaltytė Benth J, Bjørn Russell M. Author information Abstract At present, no consensus exists among clinical and academic experts regarding an appropriate placebo for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of spinal manipulative therapy (SMT). Therefore, we investigated whether it was possible to conduct a chiropractic manual-therapy RCT […]
What effect does chiropractic treatment have on gastrointestinal (GI) disorders: a narrative review of the literature Katherine Angus, BSc(Kin), DC The purpose of this study was to provide a narrative review of the literature of studies describing the management of disorders of the gastro-intestinal (GI) tract using ‘chiropractic therapy’ broadly defined here as spinal manipulation […]
Authors: Elizabeth E. Painter, PT, DSc1, Gail D. Deyle, PT, DSc1, Christopher Allen, PT, DSc1, Evan J. Petersen, PT, DSc2, Theodore Croy, PT, PhD3, Kenneth P. Rivera, PA-C, DSc4 Study Design Case series. Background Ankle fractures commonly result in persistent pain, stiffness, and functional impairments. There is insufficient evidence for any particular rehabilitation approach after […]
Rheumatol Int. 2015 Jul;35(7):1163-74. doi: 10.1007/s00296-015-3248-7. Epub 2015 Mar 18. Ibrahim M Moustafa 1, Aliaa A Diab PMID: 25782585 DOI: 10.1007/s00296-015-3248-7 Abstract The aim of this study was to investigate the immediate and long-term effects of a one-year multimodal program, with the addition of upper cervical manipulative therapy, on fibromyalgia management outcomes in addition to […]
Thomas M Kosloff Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2015, 23:19 Abstract Background There is controversy surrounding the risk of manipulation, which is often used by chiropractors, with respect to its association with vertebrobasilar artery system (VBA) stroke. The objective of this study was to compare the associations between chiropractic care and VBA stroke with recent primary […]