Chiropractic

Is chiropractic paediatric care safe? A best evidence topic

Matthew F. Doyle Clinical Chiropractic Volume 14, Issue 3, September 2011, Pages 97–105 Summary Objective To review the literature as to the safety of paediatric chiropractic care and to offer recommendations for congruent consistent terminology use. Design Best Evidence Topic. Methods Formulation of a clinical question based on a patient query. PubMed, Index to Chiropractic […]

Biomechanical analysis of the spino-pelvic organization and adaptation in pathology

Eur Spine J. 2011 Sep; 20(Suppl 5): 609–618. Published online 2011 Aug 2. doi: 10.1007/s00586-011-1928-x PMCID: PMC3175914 PMID: 21809016 Pierre Roussouly Abstract Introduction Standing in an erect position is a human property. The pelvis anatomy and position, defined by the pelvis incidence, interact with the spinal organization in shape and position to regulate the sagittal […]

Manipulative therapy for shoulder pain and disorders

Expansion of a systematic review Brantingham JW,et al.J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2011 Jun;34(5):314-46. doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2011.04.002.Abstract OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to conduct a systematic review on manual and manipulative therapy (MMT) for common shoulder pain and disorders. METHODS: A search of the literature was conducted using the Cumulative Index of Nursing Allied Health Literature; PubMed; […]

Evidence-Based Guidelines for the Chiropractic Treatment of Adults With Headache

Evidence-Based Guidelines for the Chiropractic Treatment of Adults With Headache Roland Bryans, DC, Martin Descarreaux, DC, PhD, Mireille Duranleau, DC, Henri Marcoux, DC, Brock Potter, DC, Rick Ruegg, PhD, DC, Lynn Shaw, PhD, Robert Watkin, LLB, Eleanor White, DC Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics Volume 34, Issue 5 , Pages 274-289, June 2011 Abstract […]

The Safety of Cervical Manipulation: Putting Stroke Risk in Perspective, Part 2

By Anthony Rosner, PhD, LLD [Hon.], LLC Dynamic Chiropractic – June 3, 2011, Vol. 29, Issue 12 To date, the assessment options for vertebrobasilar artery risk have significant drawbacks and as a whole have been unable to identify any particular factor that is useful for screening.61-62 Provocation tests in particular are problematic in that in several […]

Spinal Manipulation is Not an Emerging Risk Factor for Stroke Nor is it Major Head/Neck Trauma. Don’t Just Read the Abstract!

Dean L Smith Open Neurol J. 2011; 5: 46–47. Published online May 30, 2011 PubMed Reference Dear Editor, We read with interest the article by Micheli et al. [1] describing the emerging risk factors for cervical artery dissection. In their abstract, the authors’ state, “Other known risks factors for CAD are major head/neck trauma like […]

The Safety of Cervical Manipulation: Putting Stroke Risk in Perspective, Part 1

By Anthony Rosner, PhD, LLD [Hon.], LLC Dynamic Chiropractic – May 20, 2011, Vol. 29, Issue 11 Relative Activity Risks Several studies have attempted to link chiropractic manipulation to adverse events, the most serious and widely studied being strokes following dissections of the vertebral artery.1-6 To begin to shed light on this problem, several retrospective studies against […]

Immune Responses to Spinal Manipulation

Dynamic Chiropractic – May 6, 2011, Vol. 29, Issue 10 Immune Responses to Spinal Manipulation By Malik Slosberg, DC, MS For many years, chiropractors have observed in their own practices that their patients sometimes demonstrate improvements of complaints related to immune problems: the disappearance or lessening of allergy symptoms, quicker recovery from or less frequent […]

A Cochrane Review of Combined Chiropractic Interventions for Low-Back Pain

Walker, Bruce F DC Spine: 1 February 2011 – Volume 36 – Issue 3 – p 230–242 Journal Reference Abstract Study Design. Cochrane systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Objective. To determine the effects of combined chiropractic interventions on pain, disability, back-related function, overall improvement, and patient satisfaction in adults with low-back pain (LBP). Summary […]

The Chiropractic Hospital-based Interventions Research Outcomes (CHIRO) study

Spine J. 2010 Dec;10(12):1055-64. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2010.08.019. The Chiropractic Hospital-based Interventions Research Outcomes (CHIRO) study: a randomized controlled trial on the effectiveness of clinical practice guidelines in the medical and chiropractic management of patients with acute mechanical low back pain. Bishop PB, Quon JA, Fisher CG, Dvorak MF. Abstract BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) […]

Cost of care for common back pain conditions initiated with chiropractic doctor vs medical doctor/doctor of osteopathy as first physician

J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2010 Nov-Dec;33(9):640-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2010.08.018. Epub 2010 Oct 18. Cost of care for common back pain conditions initiated with chiropractic doctor vs medical doctor/doctor of osteopathy as first physician: experience of one Tennessee-based general health insurer. Liliedahl RL1, Finch MD, Axene DV, Goertz CM. Author information Abstract OBJECTIVE: The primary aim of this study was to […]

Deaths after chiropractic: a review of published cases

E. Ernst International Journal of Clinical Practice Volume 64, Issue 8, pages 1162–1165, July 2010 Summary Objective:  The aim of this study was to summarise all cases in which chiropractic spinal manipulation was followed by death. Design:  This study is a systematic review of case reports. Methods:  Literature searches in four electronic databases with no […]

Death by Chiropractic: Another Misbegotten Review

Anthony L. Rosner, Ph.D., LL.D.[Hon.], LLC ChiroACCESS The title of one of Edzard Ernst’s most recent articles, “Deaths after chiropractic: A review of published cases”,1 seems to have wasted no time in creating a worst-case scenario, frightening the reader from a profession which has successfully treated patients for 115 years and for which evidence supporting its […]

Effectiveness of manual therapy for chronic tension-type headache: A pragmatic, randomised, clinical trial

René F Castien Cephalalgia. 2011 Jan;31(2):133-43. Epub 2010 Jul 20. Abstract Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of manual therapy (MT) in participants with chronic tension-type headache (CTTH). Subjects and Methods: We conducted a multicentre, pragmatic, randomised, clinical trial with partly blinded outcome assessment. Eighty-two participants with CTTH were randomly assigned to MT or to usual […]

Chiropractic Science: A Contemporary Neurophysiologic Paradigm – Full Text

J Can Chiropr Assoc. 2010 Sep; 54(3): 144–146. PMCID: PMC2921779 PMID: 20808613 Dr. John Srbely, DC, PhD In order for chiropractic to reach its full potential as a healthcare profession, it must be universally integrated into the mainstream healthcare model. For this to be realized, chiropractic must first be unconditionally embraced by mainstream science. With […]

Synthesis of recommendations for the assessment and management of low back pain from recent clinical practice guidelines.

Spine J. 2010 Jun;10(6):514-29. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2010.03.032. Synthesis of recommendations for the assessment and management of low back pain from recent clinical practice guidelines. Dagenais S, Tricco AC, Haldeman S. Abstract BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Low back pain (LBP) is a prevalent, costly, and challenging condition to manage. Clinicians must choose among numerous assessment and management options. Several […]

KU study shows doctors who sit during visits perceived better by patients

Sitting down on the job has its advantages. New data from the KU Hospital finds that patients perceive doctors who sit down during their hospital room visits stay longer than doctors who stand during the visit, even when doctors who sit don’t stay as long as doctors who stand. The study found that doctors, when […]

Effectiveness of manual therapies: the UK evidence report (Full Text)

Gert Bronfort, Mitch Haas, Roni Evans, Brent Leininger and Jay Triano Chiropractic & Osteopathy 2010, 18:3 Abstract Background The purpose of this report is to provide a succinct but comprehensive summary of the scientific evidence regarding the effectiveness of manual treatment for the management of a variety of musculoskeletal and non-musculoskeletal conditions. Methods The conclusions […]

An epidemiological examination of the subluxation construct using Hill’s criteria of causation – Full Text

Timothy A Mirtz Chiropractic & Osteopathy 2009, 17:13 doi:10.1186/1746-1340-17-13 Background Chiropractors claim to locate, analyze and diagnose a putative spinal lesion known as subluxation and apply the mode of spinal manipulation (adjustment) for the correction of this lesion. Aim The purpose of this examination is to review the current evidence on the epidemiology of the […]

The intermedius nucleus of the medulla: A potential site for the integration of cervical information and the generation of autonomic responses

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy November 2009, 38, pp. 166–175 Ian J. Edwards, Susan A. Deuchars, Jim Deuchars The authors are from the Institute of Membrane and Systems Biology, University of Leeds, United Kingdom FROM ABSTRACT: The intermedius nucleus of the medulla (InM) is a small perihypoglossal brainstem nucleus, which receives afferent information from the neck musculature […]