Research
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is becoming more widely used in the community however there are differences in knowledge and attitudes among and within the various health professions. Chiropractic...
Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2017 25:29
Published on: 17 October 2017
Research
Manual assessment of muscle strength is often graded using the ordinal Medical Research Council (MRC) scale. The scale has a number of inherent weaknesses, including poorly defined limits between grades ‘4’ an...
Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2017 25:28
Published on: 10 October 2017
Research
There is limited literature that explores the experiences of osteopaths injured while engaging in clinical practice. Evidence from other similar health professions has described the numerous effects of work-re...
Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2017 25:26
Published on: 3 October 2017
Debate
This paper examines appeal to fear in general: its perceived positive aspects, its negative characteristics, its appropriate as well as its fallacious use.
Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2017 25:27
Published on: 20 September 2017
Research
Latent trigger points in the upper trapezius muscle may disrupt muscle movement patterns and cause problems such as cramping and decreased muscle strength. Because latent trigger points may spontaneously becom...
Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2017 25:25
Published on: 12 September 2017
Study protocol
Numerous methodological limitations have constrained the findings of previous studies that have examined the prevalence of low back pain in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis. This article presents a study ...
Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2017 25:22
Published on: 5 September 2017
Research
Neck pain is a common complaint in chiropractic patients. Amongst other baseline variables, numerous studies identify duration of symptoms as a strong predictor of outcome in neck pain patients. The usual time...
Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2017 25:24
Published on: 16 August 2017
Research
Chiropractors expect the typical patient to recover fully or to improve quickly with treatment if relapses occur. However, a mismatch between expectations and outcome would have a negative effect on both the c...
Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2017 25:23
Published on: 9 August 2017
Research
The measurement of Posterior-Anterior (P-A) spinal stiffness is a common component of the physical examination of patients presenting with spinal disorders. The aim of this assessment is to provoke pain and/or...
Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2017 25:21
Published on: 3 August 2017
Research
Psychological factors, such as intolerance of uncertainty (IU), have been shown to impact on the quality of medical care. However, this psychological measure has not been studied in the chiropractic profession...
Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2017 25:20
Published on: 19 July 2017
Review
Functional Neurology (FN), a seemingly attractive treatment approach used by some chiropractors, proposes to have an effect on a multitude of conditions but some of its concepts are controversial.
Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2017 25:19
Published on: 18 July 2017
Research
The high percentage of female chiropractic students in Switzerland suggests a future sex shift in the chiropractic profession in Switzerland. Thus the purpose of this study is to determine if male and female c...
Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2017 25:18
Published on: 17 July 2017
Research
Non-specific neck pain represents a quarter of all chiropractic patient visits in Denmark. Evidence informed practice can help ensure providers use best available treatment, speed up patient recovery rate and ...
Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2017 25:17
Published on: 30 June 2017
Commentary
There is an increasing awareness, interest and acceptance of the biopsychosocial (BPS) model by all health care professionals involved with patient care. The areas of spine care and pain medicine are no except...
Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2017 25:16
Published on: 7 June 2017
Research
Over the past 20 years, various authors have addressed the question of the future of chiropractic. Most were positive about the future, with some advocating evidence-based practice and integration with mainstr...
Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2017 25:15
Published on: 8 May 2017
Research
It is known that not all chiropractors follow mainstream guidelines on the use of diagnostic ionising radiation. Various reasons have been discussed in the literature, including using radiography to screen for...
Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2017 25:14
Published on: 8 May 2017
Research
Indigenous people make up approximately 3% of the total Australian population and score poorer on all health indices, including back pain. Chiropractors are well placed to alleviate back pain, yet there is no ...
Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2017 25:13
Published on: 2 May 2017
Research
Manual therapy according to the School of Manual Therapy Utrecht (MTU) is a specific type of passive manual joint mobilization. MTU has not yet been systematically compared to other manual therapies and physic...
Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2017 25:12
Published on: 28 April 2017
Review
The Keele STarT Back Tool was designed for primary care medical physicians in the UK to determine the risk for persistent disabling pain in patients with musculoskeletal pain and to tailor treatments according...
Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2017 25:11
Published on: 21 April 2017
Systematic review
Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is the most common spinal deformity occurring in adolescents and its established prevalence varies from 2 to 3%. Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis has been identified as a potenti...
Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2017 25:10
Published on: 20 April 2017
Systematic review
Chiropractors are primarily concerned with musculoskeletal disorders but have the responsibility to deal also with prevention in other areas.
Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2017 25:9
Published on: 20 March 2017
Research
Prone hip extension (PHE) is a common and widely accepted test used for assessment of the lumbo-pelvic movement pattern. Considerable increased in lumbar lordosis during this test has been considered as impair...
Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2017 25:8
Published on: 16 March 2017
Debate
The philosophy of chiropractic has been a much debated entity throughout the existence of the chiropractic profession. Much criticism has been passed upon the historical philosophy of chiropractic and propagat...
Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2017 25:7
Published on: 6 March 2017
Hypothesis
The chiropractic profession emerged when scientific explanations for causes of health and disease were still in infancy and the co-existence of notions such as innate healing and vitalism were perhaps admissib...
Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2017 25:6
Published on: 13 February 2017
Research
Chiropractors frequently practice within health care systems requiring the business acumen of an entrepreneur. However, some chiropractors do not know the relationship between the level of business knowledge r...
Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2017 25:3
Published on: 6 February 2017
