Disease relevance of Chiropractic

• Resolution of spasmodic dysphonia (focal laryngeal dystonia) via chiropractic manipulative management [1].
• Safety in chiropractic practice, Part I; The occurrence of cerebrovascular accidents after manipulation to the neck in Denmark from 1978-1988 [2].
• OBJECTIVE: The diminution of the signs and symptoms of cervical dystonia following an extended course of specific chiropractic manipulation is described [3].
• OBJECTIVE: The presentation of a patient to a chiropractic office with an undiagnosed C1 burst fracture (Jefferson fracture) secondary to head trauma from a motor vehicle accident is introduced [4].

High impact information on Chiropractic

• The pain was unrelieved by repeated and extensive physical therapy, chiropractic manipulation, local steroid injections, and two shoulder operations [5].
• During the study period, only small proportions in either group had initiated use of glucosamine (13% versus 8%), chiropractic services (5% versus 4%), acupuncture (3%, both), yoga (6% versus 4%), or magnets (6%, both) [6].
• Electromagnetic interference and ICD discharge related to chiropractic treatment [7].
• The majority of respondents believed that acupuncture, chiropractic and osteopathy were effective and should be funded by the NHS [8].
• CONCLUSION: Cerebral infarct may occur as a result of chiropractic neck manipulation [9].

Associations of Chiropractic with chemical compounds

• The new US National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine have funded chiropractic and other CAM research as a regular part of its scientific portfolio [10].
• When the Kansas Supreme Court averred that, under existing law, chiropractic was the practice of medicine, the matter was settled [11].
• Lyle Wheeler Sherman was a chiropractor with a passion for chiropractic [12].
• Dr. Millie Cleveland: chiropractic achiever [13].
• The effect of chiropractic manipulation on salivary cortisol levels [14].

Gene context of Chiropractic

• After 27 chiropractic visits, the child's pediatrician stated that the child no longer exhibited symptoms of ADHD [15].
• METHODS: The CCAT examination was administered to 202 subjects from 1 chiropractic college on the first day of classes [16].
• Chiropractic and epilepsy [17].
• The impact of a newly implemented PBL curriculum on the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners Part I Examinations at the National University of Health Sciences [18].
• Comparative efficacy of conservative medical and chiropractic treatments for carpal tunnel syndrome: a randomized clinical trail [19].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Chiropractic

• RESULTS: Chiropractic manipulative therapy did not significantly change basal salivary cortisol levels [14].
• By using a single treatment of manipulation under epidural anesthesia/epidural steroid followed by continued chiropractic, we were able to lead our patients out of therapeutic dead ends and deal with the dilemma of a patient in too much pain to tolerate an initial chiropractic treatment [20].
• In this study, 33 upper trimester chiropractic students volunteered for oral glucose tolerance testing comparing sucrose, fructose and honey during successive weeks [21].
• DATA SOURCES: Randomized clinical trials (RCTs) on chiropractic were identified with a Medline and Embase search (1966-1995), by citation tracking, and by hand searching of the relevant chiropractic reference systems (CRAC and Index to Chiropractic Literature) [22].

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