Archive for 'Studies and Research'
Chiropractic Management of Hypertension
New Trial provides convincing evidence of Effectiveness…
This is an excerpt from the May ‘07 issue of “The Chiropractic Report”, providing chiropractors with research from around the globe. The Journal of Human Hypertension published a clinical trial performed at Rush University in Chicago; To summarize, 25 patients received upper cervical specific adjustments, to correct the poor […]
Posted: January 11th, 2008 under Studies and Research, Subluxations.
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Medical journal publishes research on safety of Chiropractic neck adjustments
An international magazine for study of the spine has published an article stating the true safety of chiropractic adjustments on the neck. To further this, they implemented the most “aggressive” form of adjusting. The public may still be unaware just how gentle chiropractic adjustments are.
Here is a summary:
Safety of Chiropractic Manipulation of the Cervical Spine: […]
Posted: December 9th, 2007 under Headaches, Neck Pain, Spinal Function, Studies and Research.
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Chiropractic and Multiple Sclerosis, a case study
J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 1993 Nov-Dec;16(9):595-600.Links
Clinical presentation of a patient with multiple sclerosis and response to manual chiropractic adjustive therapies.
Stude DE, Mick T.
Northwestern College of Chiropractic, Bloomington, MN 55431.
OBJECTIVE:To present a clinical case presentation of a patient with multiplesclerosis (MS). Diagnostic criteria are presented, including advancedimaging; and, for the first time, a potential relationship […]
Posted: December 4th, 2007 under Spinal Function, Studies and Research.
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Children and Chiropractic - Journal of Australian Chiropractor - 1982
Research from 25 years ago had significant findings of subluxations in children:
Children
are generally extremely active and their bodies absorb stress during movement.
A child may fall, be pushed or jolted, twist or turn, outside the normal range
of motion. These forceful activities can produce vertebral subluxations disturb
the normal nerve reflex pathways, causing what is termed traditionally in
chiropractic […]
Posted: November 20th, 2007 under Children, Studies and Research.
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For pregnant women - The Webster Technique: a chiropractic technique with obstetric implications.
OBJECTIVE: To survey members of the International Chiropractic
Pediatric Association (ICPA); regarding the use of the Webster
Technique for managing the musculoskeletal causes of intrauterine
constraint, which may necessitate cesarean section. METHODS: Surveys
were mailed to 1047 US and Canadian members of the ICPA. RESULTS: One
hundred eighty-seven surveys were returned from 1047 ICPA members,
constituting a return rate of 17.86%. […]
Posted: November 20th, 2007 under Child Birth, Children, Pregnancy, Studies and Research.
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