Table 1 Consensus (reported as percentages) on the choice of treatment strategy amongst 135 French chiropractors, regarding five different clinical scenarios with a choice of five clinical management options
From: Case management of chiropractic patients with cervical brachialgia: A survey of French chiropractors
Case scenarios | Treat self | Treat with paramedical assistance | Treat with GP assistance | Treat with specialist assistance | Do not treat but refer out | Other | No response or several answers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1.Local neck pain | 87 | 2 | 6 | <1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
2.Neck pain and pain radiates to tip of shoulder | 57 | 4 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
3.Neck pain and pain radiates to elbow, reduced C6 reflex | 27 | 2 | 14 | 35 | 10 | 8 | 3 |
4.No neck pain. Arm pain radiates to include thumb, neurological signs C6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 26 | 50 | 7 | 5 |
5. No neck pain. Arm pain and upper motor neurone lesion findings in lower limb. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 74 | 3 | 7 |