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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Man Ther. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2010 Oct 1. Published in final edited form as: Man Ther. 2009 Oct; 14(5): 531–538. Published online 2008 Nov 21. doi: 10.1016/j.math.2008.09.001 PMCID: PMC2775050 NIHMSID: NIHMS140696 Joel E Bialosky, PT, MS Abstract Prior studies suggest manual therapy (MT) as effective in the treatment of musculoskeletal pain; however, the […]
Manual Therapy August 2009 Volume 14, Issue 4, Pages 375–380 Robert E. Boyle Abstract The study was an exploratory, one group pretest/post-test study, with the objective of investigating the short-term effects of thoracic spine thrust manipulations (TSTMs) on patients with shoulder impingement syndrome (SIS). There is evidence that manual physical therapy that includes TSTM and […]
Gouveia, Liliana Olim MD Spine: 15 May 2009 – Volume 34 – Issue 11 – pp E405-E413 Abstract Study Design. Systematic review of reported adverse events. Objective. To evaluate the tolerability and safety of chiropractic procedures. Summary of Background Data. Despite the increasing popularity of chiropractic, there are few properly designed prospective controlled trials, and […]
Results of a Population-Based Case-Control and Case-Crossover Study J. David Cassidy, DC, PhD Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics Volume 32, Issue 2, Supplement , Pages S201-S208, February 2009 Abstract Study Design Population-based, case-control and case-crossover study. Objective To investigate associations between chiropractic visits and vertebrobasilar artery (VBA) stroke and to contrast this with primary […]
J Chiropr Med. Sep 2008; 7(3): 86–93. Published online Sep 2, 2008. doi: 10.1016/j.jcm.2008.04.001 PMCID: PMC2686395 Sympathetic and parasympathetic responses to specific diversified adjustments to chiropractic vertebral subluxations of the cervical and thoracic spine Arlene Welch Abstract Objective The aims of this study were to investigate the response of the autonomic nervous system based upon […]
Sidney M. Rubinstein, DC, PhD Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 461-464, July 2008 Abstract This synopsis provides an overview of the benign and serious risks associated with chiropractic care for subjects with neck or low-back pain. Most adverse events associated with spinal manipulation are benign and self-limiting. The […]