No red flags
|
4
|
No history
|
5
|
Equivocal exam findings
|
1
|
Uncomplicated back or neck pain
|
6
|
Subluxation analysis
|
4
|
No symptoms
|
2
|
Allergies
|
1
|
Postural analysis (not for scoliosis)
|
3
|
‘Rule out pathology’
|
3
|
Looking for anomalies
|
1
|
‘Has never been x-rayed before’
|
1
|
‘Scoliosis assessment’ in patient with straight back
|
1
|
Failure to use Ottawa ankle/knee rules
|
2
|
Routine for motor vehicle accidents
|
1
|
‘Something just isn’t right’
|
1
|
Rule out contraindications to adjustment
|
3
|
‘Tightness’ or ‘soreness’
|
1
|
Minimal trauma
|
2
|
Full spine films on every patient without regard for symptoms or age
|
1
|
Areas imaged do not correlate to symptoms
|
5
|
Young person being assessed for degenerative changes
|
1
|
Repeat imaging due to recent prior imaging not being available
|
1
|
No clear or specific justification
|
2
|
Rule out disc herniation
|
1
|
Segmental dysfunction
|
1
|
‘Chiropractic evaluation’
|
1
|
‘Positive posterior lumbar instability test, rule out spondylolisthesis’
|
1
|
Postural change over time
|
1
|
Post treatment
|
2
|
‘Wellness care’
|
1
|
‘3 region subluxations’
|
1
|
Lumbar oblique images for intervertebral foraminal stenosis
|
1
|
Follow up on scoliosis well past skeletal maturity
|
1
|