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The chiropractic profession: a scoping review of utilization rates, reasons for seeking care, patient profiles, and care provided

open access: yesChiropractic & Manual Therapies, 2017
Background Previous research has investigated utilization rates, who sees chiropractors, for what reasons, and the type of care that chiropractors provide. However, these studies have not been comprehensively synthesized.
Peter J. H. Beliveau   +6 more
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Chiropractic manipulation: Reasons for concern? [PDF]

open access: yesClinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2007
Chiropractic's popularity is rising among the general population. Moreover, few studies have been conducted to properly evaluate its safety. We report three cases of serious neurological adverse events in patients treated with chiropractic manipulation.
Gouveia, LO   +5 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Chiropractic Manipulation Increases Maximal Bite Force in Healthy Individuals

open access: yesBrain Sciences, 2018
Recent research has shown that chiropractic spinal manipulation can alter central sensorimotor integration and motor cortical drive to human voluntary muscles of the upper and lower limb.
Heidi Haavik   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Does inter-vertebral range of motion increase after spinal manipulation? A prospective cohort study. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Background: Spinal manipulation for nonspecific neck pain is thought to work in part by improving inter-vertebral range of motion (IV-RoM), but it is difficult to measure this or determine whether it is related to clinical outcomes.
A Aho   +43 more
core   +1 more source

Force monitor for training manual skills in the training of chiropractors [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
As part of their training, students of Chiropractic Medicine at Zürich are trained to acquire and then improve their manual and manipulative skills, especially their ability to deliver manipulative thrusts with a defined preloading force, an impulse that
Eckhardt, Darius   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Effectiveness of chiropractic manipulation versus sham manipulation on recurrent headaches in children aged 7–14 years, Protocol for a randomized clinical trial

open access: yesChiropractic & Manual Therapies, 2019
Background Headache is one of the most common pain symptoms in childhood having a negative impact on many aspects of the lives of affected children, both short-term and long-term.
Susanne Lynge   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Letter to the editor [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Comment on the article Melikyan G, Kamran S, Akhtar N, Deleu D, Miyares FR. Cortex-sparing infarction in triple cervical artery dissection following chiropractic neck manipulation. Qatar Med J.
Vaughan, Brett
core   +1 more source

Unique Practice Technique: Introducing the Tarsal Twist Manipulation

open access: yesInternational Journal of Physiotherapy, 2021
Background: High-velocity low-amplitude thrust joint manipulations are interventions with a growing body of evidence supporting their use to manage spine pain; however, evidence is lacking to support joint manipulation to treat lower extremity pain ...
Katherine C. Kimbrough   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Importance of building confidence in patient communication and clinical skills among chiropractic students [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
One important objective of chiropractic education is to foster student professional confidence and competence in patient communication and clinical skills. Therefore, the aim of this article is to review the extant literature on this topic, stressing the
Hecimovich, M., Volet, S.E.
core   +2 more sources

The effect of lumbosacral manipulation on growing pains

open access: yesHealth SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, 2015
Background: Growing pains are a frequent clinical presentation that continues to puzzle practitioners, with very little conclusive evidence in any medical field, including chiropractic.
Dawid de Beer, Charmaine Margaret Bester
doaj   +3 more sources

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