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  1. The reliability of musculoskeletal diagnostic ultrasound imaging (MSK-DUSI) for the evaluation of neck musculature has been sparsely documented in the research literature. Until now, research has featured a li...

    Authors: Cecilie Krage Øverås, Birgitte Lawaetz Myhrvold, Gro Røsok and Eli Magnesen
    Citation: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2017 25:2
  2. This is a secondary analysis of three previous studies on the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spines. It uses continuous analysis of the stiffest spinal site rather than more typical level-by-level analysis to ...

    Authors: Robert Cooperstein and Morgan Young
    Citation: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2016 24:50
  3. Councils of Chiropractic Education (CCE) indirectly influence patient care and safety through their role of ensuring the standards of training delivered by chiropractic educational institutions. This is achiev...

    Authors: Stanley I. Innes, Charlotte Leboeuf-Yde and Bruce F. Walker
    Citation: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2016 24:46
  4. The mechanisms of clinical pain relief associated with spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) are poorly understood. Our objective was to determine whether lumbar high-velocity low-amplitude SMT altered pressure pa...

    Authors: Sasha L. Dorron, Barrett E. Losco, Peter D. Drummond and Bruce F. Walker
    Citation: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2016 24:47
  5. Anatomy apps supplement traditional learning; however, it is unknown if their use can improve students’ outcome. The present study examined whether the use of anatomy apps improved student performance on a neu...

    Authors: Amanda J. Meyer, Norman J. Stomski, C. Dominique Losco and Anthony J. Armson
    Citation: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2016 24:44
  6. Sporting activities can cause injuries and overuse injuries of the extremities (OIE) in children have been shown to be more common than injuries caused by trauma. The lower extremity is more frequently affecte...

    Authors: Charlène Chéron, Christine Le Scanff and Charlotte Leboeuf-Yde
    Citation: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2016 24:41
  7. The purported relationship between cervical manipulative therapy (CMT) and stroke related to vertebral artery dissection (VAD) has been debated for several decades. A large number of publications, from case re...

    Authors: Donald R. Murphy, Michael J. Schneider, Stephen M. Perle, Christopher G. Bise, Michael Timko and Mitchell Haas
    Citation: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2016 24:43
  8. For patients and health care providers who are considering spinal manipulative therapy of the neck, it is crucial to establish if it is a trigger for cervical artery dissection and/or stroke, and if it is, the...

    Authors: Jessica K. Paulus and David E. Thaler
    Citation: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2016 24:42
  9. While the role of complementary medicine therapies such as chiropractic and osteopathy is yet to be clearly delineated in the Australian context, demand for these services remains high. The attitudes of genera...

    Authors: Roger M. Engel, Robyn Beirman and Sandra Grace
    Citation: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2016 24:37
  10. Practice-based data collection can offer insight into the nature of chiropractic practice and contribute to resolving the conundrum of the chiropractic profession’s role in contemporary healthcare, subsequentl...

    Authors: Lyndon G. Amorin-Woods, Gregory F. Parkin-Smith, Lee Nedkoff and Colleen Fisher
    Citation: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2016 24:38
  11. There are many professional associations representing chiropractors and chiropractic in the United Kingdom (UK). Each has its unique selling points (USPs) and chiropractors can choose to join as many as they l...

    Authors: Sheena E. Wotherspoon and Peter W. McCarthy
    Citation: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2016 24:35
  12. Work disability is a major personal, financial and public health burden. Predicting future work success is a major focus of research.

    Authors: Carol Cancelliere, James Donovan, Mette Jensen Stochkendahl, Melissa Biscardi, Carlo Ammendolia, Corrie Myburgh and J. David Cassidy
    Citation: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2016 24:32
  13. The incorporation of evidence-based practice (EBP) is widely recognised as a necessary process for entry-level health professional training. Accreditation documents reflect the practice standards of health pro...

    Authors: Stanley I. Innes, Charlotte Leboeuf-Yde and Bruce F. Walker
    Citation: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2016 24:30
  14. COAST (Chiropractic Observational and Analysis STudy) reported the clinical practices of chiropractors. The aims of this study were to: 1) describe the chiropractic patient demographic and health characteristi...

    Authors: Melanie J. Charity, Helena C. Britt, Bruce F. Walker, Jane M. Gunn, Kirsty Forsdike-Young, Barbara I. Polus and Simon D. French
    Citation: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2016 24:28
  15. There is a growing desire within the chiropractic profession to expand the scope of practice to include limited medication prescription rights for the treatment of spine-related and other musculoskeletal condi...

    Authors: Peter C. Emary, Taco A. W. Houweling, Martin Wangler, Stephen J. Burnie, Katherine J. Hood and W. Mark Erwin
    Citation: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2016 24:33
  16. Online education programs are becoming a popular means to disseminate knowledge about evidence-based practice (EBP) among healthcare practitioners. This mode of delivery also offers a viable and potentially su...

    Authors: Michael Schneider, Roni Evans, Mitchell Haas, Matthew Leach, Louise Delagran, Cheryl Hawk, Cynthia Long, Gregory D. Cramer, Oakland Walters, Corrie Vihstadt and Lauren Terhorst
    Citation: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2016 24:27
  17. The idea of chiropractors treating children is controversial, yet many parents seek chiropractic care for their children. The reasons for this are not well documented. Part one of this study aimed to document ...

    Authors: Anna Allen-Unhammer, Francis J. H. Wilson and Lise Hestbaek
    Citation: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2016 24:29
  18. Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) causing neurogenic claudication is a leading cause of pain, disability and loss of independence in older adults. The prevalence of lumbar spinal stenosis is growing rapidly due to ...

    Authors: Carlo Ammendolia, Pierre Côté, Y. Raja Rampersaud, Danielle Southerst, Brian Budgell, Claire Bombardier and Gillian Hawker
    Citation: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2016 24:25
  19. Perceived value is the key ingredient to carving and maintaining a competitive business niche. The opportunities to interact with consumers to understand and enhance perceived value are termed ‘touch points’. ...

    Authors: Corrie Myburgh, Eleanor Boyle, Johanne Brinch Larsen and Henrik Wulff Christensen
    Citation: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2016 24:22
  20. Myofascial pain is a common syndrome, which has not been studied extensively in the low back. Despite a variety of manual and instrument assisted interventions available, little work has targeted the possible ...

    Authors: Bert Ameloot and Jeff Bagust
    Citation: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2016 24:20
  21. Physical manipulation and manual therapies are thousands of years old. The most popular western world iteration of these therapies is delivered by chiropractors. It can be argued that the collective public hea...

    Authors: Bruce F. Walker
    Citation: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2016 24:26
  22. Reviews indicate that the quality of reporting of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in the medical literature is less than optimal, poor to moderate, and require improving. However, the reporting quality of ...

    Authors: Fay Karpouzis, Rod Bonello, Mario Pribicevic, Allan Kalamir and Benjamin T. Brown
    Citation: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2016 24:19

    The Erratum to this article has been published in Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2016 24:36

  23. Cervicogenic headache is a prevalent and costly pain condition commonly treated by chiropractors. There is evidence to support the effectiveness for spinal manipulation, but the dose of treatment required to a...

    Authors: Linda Hanson, Mitchell Haas, Gert Bronfort, Darcy Vavrek, Craig Schulz, Brent Leininger, Roni Evans, Leslie Takaki and Moni Neradilek
    Citation: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2016 24:23
  24. Research in various medical fields demonstrates a consistent and positive association between clinical outcomes and the quality of the therapeutic alliance between the patient and clinician. The aim of this st...

    Authors: Nicoline M. Lambers and Jennifer E. Bolton
    Citation: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2016 24:18
  25. The majority of Rugby Union (rugby) players participate at the amateur level. Knowledge of player characteristics and injury risks is predominantly ascertained from studies on professional or junior athletes i...

    Authors: Michael S. Swain, Reidar P. Lystad, Nicholas Henschke, Christopher G. Maher and Steven J. Kamper
    Citation: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2016 24:17
  26. Few controlled trials have assessed the efficacy of spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) for thoracic spine pain. No high quality trials have been performed to test the efficacy and effectiveness of Graston Techn...

    Authors: Amy L. Crothers, Simon D. French, Jeff J. Hebert and Bruce F. Walker
    Citation: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2016 24:16

    The Erratum to this article has been published in Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2016 24:31

  27. The management of chronic health conditions increasingly requires an organized, coordinated, and patient-centered approach to care. The Chronic Care Model (CCM) has been adopted in primary care to improve care...

    Authors: Kent Jason Stuber, Mark Langweiler, Silvano Mior and Peter William McCarthy
    Citation: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2016 24:15
  28. Nonfunctioning pituitary macroadenoma (NFPA) is a tumour of the endocrine system that is virtually always benign and can be difficult to detect. This case report is presented from the patient’s perspective to ...

    Authors: Craig A. Bauman, James D. Milligan, Tammy Labreche and John J. Riva
    Citation: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2016 24:12
  29. In order for measurements to be clinically useful, data on psychometric conditions such as reliability should be available in the population for which the measurements are intended to be used. This study compr...

    Authors: Steen Harsted, Rune M. Mieritz, Gert Bronfort and Jan Hartvigsen
    Citation: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2016 24:13
  30. The influence of psychological factors on acute neck pain is sparsely studied. In a secondary analysis of prospectively collected data, this study investigated how several psychological factors develop in the ...

    Authors: Brigitte Wirth, B. Kim Humphreys and Cynthia Peterson
    Citation: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2016 24:9
  31. Clinical reasoning has been described as a process that draws heavily on the knowledge, skills and attributes that are particular to each health profession. However, the clinical reasoning processes of practit...

    Authors: Sandra Grace, Paul Orrock, Brett Vaughan, Raymond Blaich and Rosanne Coutts
    Citation: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2016 24:6
  32. Musculoskeletal disorders of the elbow, forearm, wrist and hand are associated with pain, functional impairment and decreased productivity in the general population. Combining several interventions in a multim...

    Authors: Deborah Sutton, Douglas P. Gross, Pierre Côté, Kristi Randhawa, Hainan Yu, Jessica J. Wong, Paula Stern, Sharanya Varatharajan, Danielle Southerst, Heather M. Shearer, Maja Stupar, Rachel Goldgrub, Gabrielle van der Velde, Margareta Nordin, Linda J. Carroll and Anne Taylor-Vaisey
    Citation: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2016 24:8
  33. The editor of Chiropractic & Manual Therapies would like to thank all our reviewers who have contributed to the journal in Volume 23 (2015).

    Authors: Bruce F. Walker
    Citation: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2016 24:10
  34. Job stress and emotional exhaustion have been shown to have a negative impact on the helping professional. The development and causal relations of job stress and emotional exhaustion are rather unclear in the ...

    Authors: Shawn Williams
    Citation: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2016 24:2
  35. It has been proposed that an episode of low back pain (LBP) be defined as: “a period of pain in the lower back lasting for more than 24 h preceded and followed by a period of at least 1 month without LBP”. Pre...

    Authors: Andreas Eklund, Irene Jensen, Malin Lohela-Karlsson, Charlotte Leboeuf-Yde and Iben Axén
    Citation: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2016 24:3
  36. Pregnancy related low back pain (PLBP) and pelvic girdle pain (PGP) are considered common complications of pregnancy. The long-term consequences for women with persistent PLBP/PGP postpartum are under-investig...

    Authors: Cecilia Bergström, Margareta Persson and Ingrid Mogren
    Citation: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2016 24:7
  37. Complaints in the musculoskeletal system often start early in life and back and neck pain in children are well-established predictors for similar problems in adulthood. Despite lack of evidence of effectivenes...

    Authors: Kristina Boe Dissing, Jan Hartvigsen, Niels Wedderkopp and Lise Hestbæk
    Citation: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2016 24:5
  38. The objective of this paper is to describe the relationship of the vertebral artery (VA) to the Atlas (C1) in the sub-occipital region in the presence of arcuate foramen; and discuss the clinical implications ...

    Authors: Salman Afsharpour, Kathryn T. Hoiriis, R. Bruce Fox and Samuel Demons
    Citation: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2016 24:4