chiropractic

..Systematic review of reported adverse events...

..This study compared the relative effectiveness of cervical spine manipulation and mobilization for neck pain...

b>Chiropractic is a large and well-established health care profession in the United States...

..study was to test an educational intervention designed to increase hand and treatment table sanitizing on 3 chiropractic college campuses using a theory-based intervention...

..the effectiveness of a problem-based educational strategy for teaching evidence-based health care (EBHC) to chiropractic interns, which focused on the development and appraisal of answerable clinical questions using actual ..

This study is part of an avenue of research exploring the effect of chiropractic care on balance in older adults...

..the process, participation, and recommendations of a set of consensus conferences on strategy for professional growth that emphasized elements of public trust and alignment between the chiropractic profession and its stakeholders.

..of this article is on the process of developing practice guidelines (one type of EBM) and its effects upon chiropractic, a profession with a "philosophy, science and art" that is constructed upon divergent epistemological ..

This study reports pain and disability outcomes up to 4 years for chiropractic and medical patients with low back pain (LBP) and assesses the influence of doctor type and pain duration on clinical outcomes.

..risk factors of, and response to musculoskeletal injuries to the low back, hand/wrist, and neck/shoulder among chiropractic students while receiving and/or administering adjustments/manipulation while attending a chiropractic college.

..work-based model framework for patient safety training, that is, reporting and learning from adverse events in chiropractic care. This article will not debate specific issues of adverse events from spinal manipulation...

This study examined the difference in satisfaction between patients assigned to chiropractic vs medical care for treatment of low back pain in a managed care organization.

..PURPOSE: To critically appraise and synthesize recent literature on the cost-effectiveness of medical and chiropractic care for OLBP, and to propose a cost-effectiveness methodology that integrates epidemiologic and economic ..

1) To evaluate the evidence on the effect of chiropractic care, rather than spinal manipulation only, on patients with nonmusculoskeletal conditions; and (2) to identify shortcomings in the evidence base on this topic, from a Whole ..

We compared chiropractic practice volume in areas of high versus areas of low or no shortages of primary care providers.

..We conducted a nationally representative random household telephone survey to assess therapies used to treat back or neck pain...

There have been no trials of optimal chiropractic care in terms of number of office visits for spinal manipulation and other therapeutic modalities.

..There is an urgent need for well-controlled studies of chiropractic spinal manipulation for TTH. This trial was stopped prematurely due to poor recruitment...

Despite the fact that chiropractic physicians (DCs) are growing in number and legitimacy in the community of health care professionals, little recent research describes how their relationships with medical doctors (MDs) affect their job ..

To evaluate the quality of research reports published in the chiropractic literature...

The Connecticut Chiropractic Association authorized an ad hoc committee to study Connecticut chiropractic scope of practice in January 1999...

To perform three-dimensional (3-D) manual contact force measurements of chiropractic adjustments at the patient-chiropractor interface.

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..This has important implications for individual professions and their members...

..To determine the interreferral patterns among physicians and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) providers in an independent practice association integrated medical system...

..of the challenges ahead for both researchers and clinicians, this may be a good opportunity for doctors of chiropractic to take responsibility and engage in a determined effort to bring forward evidence-based strategies for ..

To describe the profile of patients presenting to a private chiropractic clinic specialising in Neuro Emotional Technique (NET) and to identify trends in the presentation of symptoms from these patients.

This article provides an overview of primary chiropractic issues as they relate to public health...

b>Chiropractic is one of the most frequently sought nonphysician provider groups...

..Population-based, case-control and case-crossover study...

There has been much discussion about the role of chiropractic care in the evaluation, management, and treatment of pediatric patients...

..The objective of this study was to collect and analyze the demographic and referral information of a free clinic...

..of this article is to describe the experiences of the community-based teaching clinics of the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (CMCC), located in the poor, inner city region of Toronto, where access to chiropractic care for this ..

..The purpose of this study is to determine chiropractic patients' perception of chiropractors as primary care providers and to determine what disorders patients ..

To investigate national utilization and expenditures on chiropractic care between 1997 and 2006.

..the differences in attitudes and other determinants of care-seeking behavior between persons who have used chiropractic services and persons who have not...

..The data are derived from in-person interviews with 16 leaders (10 chiropractic and 6 homeopathic) identified through professional associations, teaching institutions and informants from the ..

..The objective of this study was to examine alteration in head repositioning accuracy (HRA), range of motion, and pain intensity in patients with chronic cervical pain syndrome without a history of cervical trauma...

..OBJECTIVES: To determine the effects of combined chiropractic interventions (that is, a combination of therapies, other than spinal manipulation alone) on pain, disability, ..

..b>Chiropractic is the most popular form of practitioner-based CAM therapies for children.

The vast majority of information on chiropractic and chiropractic patients originates from English-speaking countries. Lately, however, reports describing chiropractic patients and practice in other European countries have emerged.

To identify patient and practice characteristics that might contribute to people's seeking chiropractic care for nonmusculoskeletal complaints.

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To identify current perceptions and levels of awareness of chiropractic among physiotherapists, osteopaths, and manual therapists in The Netherlands...

..No clinical trials exist, however, that evaluate chiropractic's effectiveness in the management of scoliotic curves...

..The self-perception by a portion of the chiropractic profession that as neuromusculoskeletal system specialists, they are either uninterested or ill-prepared for ..

..To assess the intraexaminer and interexaminer reliability of a multidimensional spinal diagnostic method commonly used by chiropractors...

Non-conventional medicine, including chiropractic, is now in wide use throughout Europe but is often unregulated. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of present and future regulation of chiropractic practice in Europe...

..Neck and low back pain are leading causes of morbidity and health care utilization. However, little is known about the characteristics that differentiate those who seek from those who do not seek health care for their pain...

..The resulting package is 'pragmatic', in that it represents what happens to most people undergoing manipulation, and 'explanatory' in that it excludes discipline-specific variations and other ancillary treatments...

..was conducted in which patients with back/neck problems, visiting a general practitioner, were allocated to chiropractic or physiotherapy as primary management...

Little is known about changes in the chiropractic patient population over time.

..longitudinal, nonrandomized, practice-based observational study of patients who self-referred to medical and chiropractic physicians (n = 1414)...

OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of chiropractic care on jet lag in Finnish junior elite athletes. SUBJECTS: Fifteen Finnish junior elite athletes...

..To estimate and compare the effects of comorbidity and other factors on self-reported use of medical and chiropractic care for back problems in the United States...

To assess attitudes of current chiropractic students, public health faculty, and practitioners toward the topics of clinical preventive and health promotion services.

..was conducted in which patients with back and neck pain, visiting a general practitioner, were allocated to chiropractic or physiotherapy...

b>Chiropractic is now more than a century old, and it is licensed throughout the United States and Canada and recognized in more than 60 countries worldwide...

An analysis of claims data from a managed care health plan was performed to evaluate whether patients use chiropractic care as a substitution for medical care or in addition to medical care...

To examine utilization, treatment costs, lost workdays, and compensation paid workers with musculoskeletal injuries treated by medical doctors (MDs) and doctors of chiropractic (DCs).

..b) To study the beliefs behind the reasons why chiropractors, osteopaths and physiotherapists continue to treat people whose low back pain appears not to be improving...

..This study assessed chiropractors' attitudes, beliefs, knowledge, and experience about intimate partner violence (IPV) and identified if any differences exist between age groups, sex, and year of graduation of respondents...

The objective of this article is to present and discuss a case of deep vein thrombosis in a chiropractic clinic setting.

..To identify common treatments used for low-back pain (LBP) during pregnancy...

..Systematic study of the type of augmented feedback provided and skill learning is lacking in the literature...

..In Norway, only doctors, physiotherapists and chiropractors are authorised to examine and treat patients suffering from low back pain. This study compares knowledge, attitudes and practice among these professional groups...

..This study aimed to develop, test, and explore the underlying dimensions of a new questionnaire, the Attitudes to Back Pain Scale (ABS), in a specific group of clinicians, practitioners who specialize in musculoskeletal therapy...

This article reports on satisfaction associated with the introduction of chiropractic services within a military hospital, through a Canadian Armed Forces Pilot Project...

This study describes instruction provided at chiropractic schools worldwide on the use of spine radiography and compares instruction with evidence-based guidelines for low back pain.

A retrospective review of completed chiropractic consultations in 2006 (N = 354) was carried out to investigate consultation request patterns, patient characteristics, and the utilization of chiropractic services within the Department of ..

The frequent use of chiropractic, naturopathic, and physical and occupational therapy by patients with fibromyalgia has been emphasized repeatedly, but little is known about the attitudes of these therapists towards this challenging ..

b>Chiropractic in the United States exhibits characteristics of both mainstream health care and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)...

..There are differences in back pain beliefs between the various professionals groups treating LBP patients. This study examined whether LBP beliefs changed among the healthcare providers exposed to a media campaign...

..Clinical cohort...

This study evaluates the actual or potential contribution of the chiropractic profession in meeting US healthcare workforce needs.

..This study aimed to determine the research priorities of primary care practitioners who manage low back pain on a day-to-day basis...

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This study investigates the cognitive competency of final-year chiropractic students in musculoskeletal medicine.

The chiropractic profession is currently facing a shift in practice and health care environments...

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this white paper is to help inform the chiropractic clinical research agenda with a focus on the United States...

..The results may help explain current clinical practice patterns observed in these groups and their uptake of clinical guideline recommendations...

The objectives of this study were to review the demographic characteristics of Veterans Affairs (VA) chiropractic patients and to determine the level of appropriateness of chiropractic consultation requests within a VA chiropractic clinic...

..To identify patient history intake questions common to four fields of medicine--allopathic, naturopathic, chiropractic, and Traditional Chinese Medicine for potential development of an Integrative Patient History Intake Tool...

..METHODS: Sixty chiropractic (DC) and 111 general practice (MD) physicians participated in data collection for a prospective, longitudinal, ..

..To evaluate the ability of a systematic educational intervention strategy to change the plain radiography ordering behavior of chiropractors toward evidence-based practice for patients with acute low back pain (LBP)...

..To quantify elements of spinal manipulation therapy performance and to test the strategy of combined rehearsal and quantitative feedback as a means of enhancing student skill development for cervical and thoracic manipulative procedures...

Currently, no traditional chiropractic examination method to determine a spinal listing offers demonstrated guidance in treatment decisions for low back pain (LBP) patients...

..The objective was to determine the effects of various amounts of knowledge of results (KR) on learning a novel skill that is frequently taught in chiropractic for the assessment of vertebral motor unit dysfunction.

..DESIGN: Randomized, controlled study. SETTING: Chiropractic college...

..The proprietary nature of many chiropractic methods has promoted both innovation and secrecy...

..We asked the question whether these differences in perception could be explained in part by referral or selection bias...

OBJECTIVE: To survey members of the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association (ICPA); regarding the use of the Webster Technique for managing the musculoskeletal causes of intrauterine constraint, which may necessitate cesarean ..

..However, Doctors of Chiropractic (DCs) have not been utilized in this role! DCs can provide a unique channel for the conduct of tobacco ..

..and Alternative Medicine (CAM) therapeutic modalities such as acupuncture, massage, structural integration, chiropractic and osteopathy...

..The proposed research will tailor and evaluate a tobacco cessation brief intervention training and office system intervention for 3 types of CAM practitioners: acupuncture/Traditional Chinese Medicine, massage, and chiropractic.

..The proposed research will tailor and evaluate a tobacco cessation brief intervention training and office system intervention for 3 types of CAM practitioners: acupuncture/Traditional Chinese Medicine, massage, and chiropractic.

..A fundamental hypothesis of chiropractic is that adhesions develop in the zygapophysial joints (Z joints) following hypomobility of these structures...

..and alternative therapies - such as spinal manipulation - prescribed by medical doctors (MDs) and doctors of chiropractic (DCs), respectively...

..the choice of: usual care, chiropractic, acupuncture or massage therapy (expanded benefit)...

..from Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), Oregon College of Oriental Medicine (OCOM), Western States Chiropractic College (WSCC), and National College of Naturopathic Medicine (NCNM) to launch a 4-year longitudinal CAM ..

..A fundamental hypothesis of one of the beneficial effects of chiropractic spinal adjusting is that adhesions, developing in the Z joints following hypomobility of these structures, are ..

New York Chiropractic College, in collaboration with Beth Israel Medical Center for Health and Healing, will present a joint conference entitled "A Conference on Chiropractic and Allopathic Integration"...

..is one of the largest accredited CAM educational institutions in the Midwestern United States and home to chiropractic, massage therapy, and acupuncture/Oriental medicine educational programs...

Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research (PCCR) proposes to establish a 3 year multidisciplinary Developmental Center for the Study of Mechanisms and Effects of Chiropractic Manipulation (Center) to increase the level and quality of the ..

..deliver more than 90 percent of spinal manipulations performed in the United and annual expenditures on chiropractic services exceed $4.7 billion annually...

..One hundred of these will be CAM patients participating in chiropractic manipulation or mindfulness-based stress reduction...

..with back pain as well as from providers of four CAM therapies commonly used for back pain (acupuncture, chiropractic, massage, yoga)...

The candidate's background as a Chiropractic Physician specializing in work and sports injuries initiated his interest in rehabilitation science. His scientific work has focused on human cortical motor physiology...