Chiropractic Demographics

Characteristics of Chiropractic Patients Being Treated for Chronic Low Back and Neck Pain – Full Text Article

JMPT July–August, 2018Volume 41, Issue 6, Pages 445–455 Patricia M. Herman, ND, PhD Abstract Objectives Chronic low back pain (CLBP) and chronic neck pain (CNP) are the most common types of chronic pain, and chiropractic spinal manipulation is a common nonpharmacologic treatment. This study presents the characteristics of a large United States sample of chiropractic […]

The Prevalence, Patterns, and Predictors of Chiropractic Use Among US Adults: Results From the 2012 National Health Interview Survey.

Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2017 Dec 1;42(23):1810-1816. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000002218. Adams J Abstract STUDY DESIGN: Secondary analysis of a national survey. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence, patterns, and predictors of chiropractic utilization in the US general population. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Chiropractic is one of the largest manual therapy professions […]

Who Uses Chiropractic Services and Why – Full Text

The chiropractic profession: a scoping review of utilization rates, reasons for seeking care, patient profiles, and care provided Peter J. H. Beliveau, Jessica J. Wong, Deborah A. Sutton, Nir Ben Simon, André E. Bussières, Silvano A. MiorEmail author and Simon D. French Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 201725:35 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12998-017-0165-8© The Author(s). 2017 Received: 26 July 2017Accepted: […]

Use of complementary health approaches among children aged 4-17 years in the United States: National Health Interview Survey, 2007-2012

Natl Health Stat Report. 2015 Feb 10:(78):1-19. Use of complementary health approaches among children aged 4-17 years in the United States: National Health Interview Survey, 2007-2012 Lindsey I Black PMID: 25671583 PMCID: PMC4562218 Abstract Objective: This report presents national estimates of the use of complementary health approaches among children aged 4-17 years in the United […]

Why not everyone with low back pain chooses chiropractic care – Full Text Article

J Can Chiropr Assoc. 2013 Mar; 57(1): 6–9. PMCID: PMC3580998 Simon Dagenais, DC, PhD, MSc Introduction It has been estimated that low back pain (LBP) will affect 84% of the general adult population at some point in their life, with 49% reporting some LBP in the previous 6 months, 23% suffering from chronic LBP, and […]

Patients using chiropractors in North America: who are they, and why are they in chiropractic care?

Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2002 Feb 1;27(3):291-6; discussion 297-8. doi: 10.1097/00007632-200202010-00018. Ian D Coulter 1, Eric L Hurwitz, Alan H Adams, Barbara J Genovese, Ron Hays, Paul G Shekelle PMID: 11805694 DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200202010-00018 Abstract Summary of background data and objectives: Alternative health care was used by an estimated 42% of the U.S. population in 1997, […]