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Table 3 The ten most frequently reported reasons for attending chiropractic care and the percentage of patients who sought chiropractic care for each condition (78 studies)

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

Reason for attending care

Percentage of patients (median, IQR)

Number of reporting studies*

Low back/back pain

49.7% (43.0-60.2)

50

Neck pain

22.5% (16.3-24.5)

36

Extremity problem

10.0% (4.3-22.0)

32

Wellness/maintenance

7.5% (3.0-14.0)

17

Hip pain

7.0% (0.8-10.8)

6

Headache

5.5% (4.0-9.3)

30

Unspecified/miscellaneous/other

5.0% (2.5-8.0)

23

Shoulder/arm pain

5.0% (3.8-7.2)

12

Visceral/non-musculoskeletal

3.1% (1.6-6.1)

15

Knee pain

2.9% (2.6-5.0)

5

  1. IQR interquartile range
  2. *some studies reported more than one reason for attending care