Healthcare (Basel). 2021 Apr 1;9(4):394. doi: 10.3390/healthcare9040394. Agustín Luceño-Mardones 1 2, Irene Luceño-Rodríguez 3, Elena Sonsoles Rodríguez-López 1 4, Jesús Oliva-Pascual-Vaca 1 5 6, Ignacio Rosety 7, Ángel Oliva-Pascual-Vaca 1 5 PMID: 33916061 PMCID: PMC8065872 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare9040394 Abstract This study aimed to determine whether osteopathic manipulation of the T9-T10 vertebrae improves the evolution of tonsillitis. […]
BY MALIK SLOSBERG, DC, MS Our understanding of the biomechanics and neurology of the subluxation continues to evolve as more research is published which helps explain the nature of this lesion. Historically, the subluxation has been at the heart of the identity and purpose of the chiropractic profession. Contemporary models provide new insights into this […]
Matthew F. Funk Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2018 26:24 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12998-018-0191-1© The Author(s). 2018 Received: 5 December 2017Accepted: 27 April 2018Published: 2 July 2018 Abstract Background The subluxation construct generates debate within and outside the profession. The International Chiropractic Education Collaboration, comprised of 10 chiropractic programs outside of North America, stated they will only teach subluxation […]
J. Keith Simpson Chiropractic & Manual Therapies201725:27 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12998-017-0157-8 © The Author(s). 2017 Received: 23 May 2017 Accepted: 25 August 2017 Published: 20 September 2017 Abstract Aim This paper examines appeal to fear in general: its perceived positive aspects, its negative characteristics, its appropriate as well as its fallacious use. Background Appeal to fear is a commonly used marketing method that attempts to change behaviour by creating anxiety […]
Bioethics. 2016 Feb;30(2):63-8. doi: 10.1111/bioe.12225. Homola S. Abstract Chiropractors commonly treat children for a variety of ailments by manipulating the spine to correct a ‘vertebral subluxation’ or a ‘vertebral subluxation complex’ alleged to be a cause of disease. Such treatment might begin soon after a child is born. Both major American chiropractic associations – the […]
The Spine Journal Volume 15, Issue 6, 1 June 2015, Pages 1310–1317 The influence of cervical spinal cord compression and vertebral displacement on somatosympathetic reflexes in the rat Mark J. Bigland, B. Biotech (Hons) Abstract Background context One theory within chiropractic proposes that vertebral subluxation in the upper cervical region induces spinal cord compression sufficient […]
Science-Based Medicine by Jann Bellamy on February 20, 2014 Almost 10 years ago, a thoughtful article, entitled “Chiropractic as spine care: a model for the profession”, appeared in the journal Chiropractic & Osteopathy. The authors were a group of both academic and practicing chiropractors, as well as representatives from a health insurer specializing in coverage of […]
By Anthony Rosner, PhD, LLD [Hon.], LLC Dynamic Chiropractic – February 1, 2014, Vol. 32, Issue 03 Full Story For all these years, as we know only too well, debates have raged both within and beyond the chiropractic community over subluxation: what it is or even why it is. It has been a question as to […]
Timothy A Mirtz Chiropractic & Osteopathy 2009, 17:13 doi:10.1186/1746-1340-17-13 Background Chiropractors claim to locate, analyze and diagnose a putative spinal lesion known as subluxation and apply the mode of spinal manipulation (adjustment) for the correction of this lesion. Aim The purpose of this examination is to review the current evidence on the epidemiology of the […]
J Chiropr Med. 2008 Sep;7(3):86-93. doi: 10.1016/j.jcm.2008.04.001. Welch A, Boone R. Abstract OBJECTIVE: The aims of this study were to investigate the response of the autonomic nervous system based upon the area of the spine adjusted and to determine if a cervical adjustment elicits a parasympathetic response and if a thoracic adjustment elicits a sympathetic response. METHODS: […]