Service utilisation trends in the manual therapy professions within the Australian private healthcare setting between 2008 and 2017
The objectives of this study were to quantify, descr... (Source: Chiropractic and Osteopathy)
Source: Chiropractic and Osteopathy - September 21, 2020 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Reidar P. Lystad, Benjamin T. Brown, Michael S. Swain and Roger M. Engel Tags: Research Source Type: research

Patient safety in chiropractic teaching programs: a mixed methods study
Patient safety research has lagged within academic settings, including chiropractic teaching institutions. To develop a robust patient safety culture, the Institute of Medicine emphasized the need for employee... (Source: Chiropractic and Osteopathy)
Source: Chiropractic and Osteopathy - September 18, 2020 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Katherine A. Pohlman, Stacie A. Salsbury, Martha Funabashi, Michelle M. Holmes and Silvano Mior Tags: Research Source Type: research

Taping for conditions of the musculoskeletal system: an evidence map review
Taping is a common treatment modality used by many rehabilitation providers. Several types of tapes and taping methods are used in the treatment of musculoskeletal dysfunction and pain. (Source: Chiropractic and Osteopathy)
Source: Chiropractic and Osteopathy - September 15, 2020 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Zachary A. Cupler, Muhammad Alrwaily, Emily Polakowski, Kevin S. Mathers and Michael J. Schneider Tags: Systematic review Source Type: research

Beliefs, perceptions and practices of chiropractors and patients about mitigation strategies for benign adverse events after spinal manipulation therapy
Approximately 50% of patients who receive spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) experience some kind of adverse event (AE), typically benign and transient in nature. Regardless of their severity, mitigating benign... (Source: Chiropractic and Osteopathy)
Source: Chiropractic and Osteopathy - September 8, 2020 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Martha Funabashi, Katherine A. Pohlman, Rachel Goldsworthy, Alex Lee, Anthony Tibbles, Silvano Mior and Greg Kawchuk Tags: Research Source Type: research

The prevalence of psychosocial related terminology in chiropractic program courses, chiropractic accreditation standards, and chiropractic examining board testing content in the United States
Spine related disorders entail biological (somatic), psychological, and social factors. Though biological factors are often emphasized, psychosocial considerations may not be receiving proper attention in the ... (Source: Chiropractic and Osteopathy)
Source: Chiropractic and Osteopathy - August 21, 2020 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Jordan A. Gliedt, Patrick J. Battaglia and Benjamin D. Holmes Tags: Research Source Type: research

The bench-top accuracy of the VerteTrack spinal stiffness assessment device
The assessment of spinal stiffness by manual palpation in clinical settings has demonstrated both poor accuracy and reliability. More recently, mechanical methods for assessment of spinal stiffness have demons... (Source: Chiropractic and Osteopathy)
Source: Chiropractic and Osteopathy - August 18, 2020 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Anika Young, Michael S. Swain, Gregory N. Kawchuk, Arnold Y. L. Wong and Aron S. Downie Tags: Research Source Type: research

Predictors of low back disability in chiropractic and physical therapy settings
Predicting ongoing disability for chronic non-specific low back pain (LBP) is important to avoid prolonged disability. (Source: Chiropractic and Osteopathy)
Source: Chiropractic and Osteopathy - August 12, 2020 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: M. John Petrozzi, Sidney M. Rubinstein, Paulo H. Ferreira, Andrew Leaver and Martin G. Mackey Tags: Research Source Type: research

Immediate effects of cervicothoracic junction mobilization versus thoracic manipulation on the range of motion and pain in mechanical neck pain with cervicothoracic junction dysfunction: a pilot randomized controlled trial
Cervicothoracic (CT) junction hypomobility has been proposed as a contributing factor for neck pain. However, there are limited studies that compared the effect of CT junction mobilization against an effective... (Source: Chiropractic and Osteopathy)
Source: Chiropractic and Osteopathy - August 7, 2020 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Shriya Joshi, Ganesh Balthillaya and Y. V. Raghava Neelapala Tags: Research Source Type: research

Musculoskeletal pain distribution in 1,000 Danish schoolchildren aged 8 –16 years
The objectives were to group children aged 8 to 16 according to their distribution of pain in the spine, low... (Source: Chiropractic and Osteopathy)
Source: Chiropractic and Osteopathy - August 4, 2020 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Signe Fuglkj ær, Werner Vach, Jan Hartvigsen, Kristina Boe Dissing, Tina Junge and Lise Hestbæk Tags: Research Source Type: research

The accreditation role of Councils on Chiropractic Education as part of the profession's journey from craft to allied health profession: a commentary
Chiropractors see themselves as well positioned to provide safe, effective and economical care for the on-going financial burden that spinal pain imposes. However, in many places of the world, the chiropractic... (Source: Chiropractic and Osteopathy)
Source: Chiropractic and Osteopathy - July 22, 2020 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Stanley I. Innes, Charlotte Leboeuf-Yde and Bruce F. Walker Tags: Commentary Source Type: research

More published full-time researchers, early career researchers, clinician-researchers and graduate students unite to call for actions against the pseudoscientific claim that chiropractic care boosts immunity
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Source: Chiropractic and Osteopathy - July 20, 2020 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Pierre C ôté, André Bussières, J. David Cassidy, Jan Hartvigsen, Greg N. Kawchuk, Charlotte Leboeuf-Yde, Silvano Mior and Michael Schneider Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research

Exploring supervised machine learning approaches to predicting Veterans Health Administration chiropractic service utilization
Chronic spinal pain conditions affect millions of US adults and carry a high healthcare cost burden, both direct and indirect. Conservative interventions for spinal pain conditions, including chiropractic care... (Source: Chiropractic and Osteopathy)
Source: Chiropractic and Osteopathy - July 17, 2020 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Brian C. Coleman, Samah Fodeh, Anthony J. Lisi, Joseph L. Goulet, Kelsey L. Corcoran, Harini Bathulapalli and Cynthia A. Brandt Tags: Research Source Type: research

Australian chiropractors ’ perception of the clinical relevance of anatomical sciences and adequacy of teaching in chiropractic curricula
Human anatomy education is compulsory in the undergraduate curriculum in all Australian chiropractic education programs. There is very little data on clinicians ’ perceptions of the adequacy of their anatomy tr... (Source: Chiropractic and Osteopathy)
Source: Chiropractic and Osteopathy - July 16, 2020 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Rosemary Giuriato, Goran Štrkalj, Tania Prvan and Nalini Pather Tags: Research Source Type: research

The clinical utility of routine spinal radiographs by chiropractors: a rapid review of the literature
When indicated by signs or symptoms of potentially serious underlying pathology (red flags), chiropractors can use radiographs to inform their diagnosis. In the absence of red flags, the clinical utility of ro... (Source: Chiropractic and Osteopathy)
Source: Chiropractic and Osteopathy - July 9, 2020 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Melissa Corso, Carol Cancelliere, Silvano Mior, Varsha Kumar, Ali Smith and Pierre C ôté Tags: Systematic review Source Type: research

Guidance concerning chiropractic practice in response to COVID-19 in the U.S.: a summary of state regulators ’ web-based information
The COVID-19 pandemic led to unprecedented changes, as many state and local governments enacted stay-at-home orders and non-essential businesses were closed. State chiropractic licensing boards play an importa... (Source: Chiropractic and Osteopathy)
Source: Chiropractic and Osteopathy - July 6, 2020 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Shawn M. Neff, Christopher B. Roecker, Casey S. Okamoto, Samuel L. Holguin, Jason G. Napuli, Ross Mattox, Nathan A. Hinkeldey and David J. Paris Tags: Research Source Type: research