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Table 1 Summary of the findings of this prospective review – wherein reports inappropriately linked the title chiropractor, and/or term chiropractic manipulation, to injury (n = 24).

From: Inappropriate use of the title 'chiropractor' and term 'chiropractic manipulation' in the peer-reviewed biomedical literature

Author* Ref no.

Country of origin

No. of subjects

Journal

Study type

Injury

Care provider

Beck9

Germany

1

JNNP†

Case report

DT‡

Heilpraktiker

Saxler10

Germany

1

ZOIG§

Case report

SEH||

Unknown

Oheler11

Germany

1

Orthop¶

Case report

VAD** (Bilateral)

Unknown

Menendez12

Spain

1

Rev Neurol††

Case report

VAD**

Unqualified manipulator

Dziewas13

Germany

20

Journal of Neurology

Case series

ICAD‡‡(5) VAD** (14) ICAD+VAD(1)

All non-chiropractors

Markovitch14

Germany

1

Br Med Journal

2° report of Beck9

DT‡

Heilpraktiker

  1. * Only first author included
  2. † Journal of Neurology and Neurosurgical Psychiatry
  3. ‡ Dural Tear
  4. § Zietschrift fur Orthopadie und Ihre Grenzgebiete
  5. || Spinal Epidural Hematoma
  6. ¶ Orthopade
  7. ** Vertebral Artery Dissection
  8. †† Revista de Neurologia
  9. ‡‡ Internal Carotid Artery Dissection