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Chiropractic care, cost and cost-effectiveness
- Assendelft WJJ, Bouter LM. Does
the goose really lay golden eggs? A methodological review of
workmen's compensation studies. JMPT 16:161-168, 1993.
- Carey TS and others. The
outcomes and costs of care for acute low back pain among patients
seen by primary care practitioners, chiropractors, and orthopedic
surgeons. New England Journal of Medicine 333:913-917, 1995.
- Shekelle, PG and others. The
effect of cost sharing on the use of chiropractic services.
Medical Care 34:863-872, 1996.
- Skargren EI and others. One-year
follow-up comparison of the cost and effectiveness of chiropractic
and physiotherapy as primary management for back pain. Subgroup
analysis, recurrence, and additional health care utilization.
Spine 23:1875-1883, 1998.
Reliability of chiropractic procedures
Education
Immunization
Spinal manipulation, appropriateness
Spinal manipulation, complications
- Assendelft WJJ, Bouter LM, Knipschild PG. Complications
of spinal manipulation: A comprehensive review of the literature.
Journal of Family Practice 42:475-80, 1996.
- Di Fabio R. Manipulation
of the cervical spine: Risks and benefits. Physical Therapy
79:50-65, 1999.
- Haldeman S, Kohlbeck F, McGregor M. Cerebrovascular complications
following cervical spine manipulation therapy: A review of 53
cases Conference Proceedings of the Chiropractic Centennial,
July 6-8, 1995, 282-283. Davenport IA: Chiropractic Centennial
Foundation, 1995. Summarizes 53 previously unreported cases from
medicolegal files.
- Ernst E. Spinal
manipulation: Its safety is uncertain. Canadian Medical Association
Journal 166:40-41, 2002. [PDF]
- Haldeman S, Kohlbeck FJ, McGregor M. Risk
factors and precipitating neck movements causing vertebrobasilar
artery dissection after cervical trauma and spinal manipulation.
Spine 24:785-794, 1999.
- Haldeman S and others. Unpredictability
of cerebrovascular ischemia associated with cervical spine manipulation
therapy. Spine 27:49-55, 2001.
- Lee KP and others. Neurologic
complications following chiropractic manipulation: A survey of
California neurologists. Neurology 45:1213-1215, 1995.
- Norris JW and others. Sudden
neck movement and cervical artery dissection. Canadian Medical
Journal 163:38-40, 2000. [PDF}
- Powell FC and others. A
risk/benefit analysis of spinal manipulation therapy for revief
of lumbar or cervical pain. Neurosurgery 33:73-79, 1993.
- Rotherwell DAM and others. Chiropractic
manipulation and stroke. Stroke 32:1054-1059, 2001.
Spinal manipulation, effectiveness
- Assendelft WJJ and others. The
relationship between methodological quality and conclusions in
reviews of spinal manipulation. JAMA 274:1942-1948, 1995.
- Assendelft WJJ and others. The
effectiveness of chiropractic for treatment of low back pain:
An update and attempt at statistical pooling. JMPT 19:499-507,
1996.
- Assendelft WJJ and others. Spinal
manipulative therapy for low back pain. Annals of Internal
Medicine 138:871-881, 2003. [Conclusion: "There is no evidence
that spinal manipulation is superior to other standard treatments
for patients with acute or chronic low back pain."]
- Balon J and others: A
comparison of active and simulated chiropractic manipulation
as adjunctive treatment for childhood asthma. New England
Journal of Medicine 339:1013-1020, 1998.
- Bove G, Nilsson N. Spinal
manipulation in the treatment of episodic tension-type headache:
A randomized controlled trial. JAMA 280:1576-1579, 1998.
- Cherkin DC and others. A
comparison of physical therapy, chiropractic manipulation, and
provision of an educational booklet for the treatment of patients
with low back pain. New England Journal of Medicine 339:1021-1029,
1998.
- Jordan A and others. Intensive
training, physiotherapy, or manipulation for patients with chronic
neck pain. A prospective, single-blinded, randomized clinical
trial. Spine 23:311-318, 1998.
- Goetz CH and others. Treatment
of Hypertension with Alternative Therapies (THAT) study: A randomized
clinical trial. Journal of Hypertension 20:2063-2068, 2002.
[Spinal manipulation plus dietary counseling was no more effetive
than dietary counseling alone.]
- Koes BW and others. Spinal
manipulation for low back pain: An updated systematic review
of randomized clinical trials. Spine 21:2860-2873, 1996.
- Lantz CA, Chen J. Effect
of chiropractic intervention on small scoliotic curves in younger
subjects: A time-series cohort design. Journal of Manipulative
and Physiological Therapeutics 24:385-393, 2001.
- Olafsdottir E and others. Randomised
controlled trial of infantile colic treated with chiropractic
spinal manipulation. Archives of Diseases in Childhood 84:138-141,
2001. [No benefit was found.]
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