Maintenance Care

The Nordic maintenance care program: maintenance care reduces the number of days with pain in acute episodes and increases the length of pain free periods for dysfunctional patients with recurrent and persistent low back pain

The Nordic maintenance care program: maintenance care reduces the number of days with pain in acute episodes and increases the length of pain free periods for dysfunctional patients with recurrent and persistent low back pain – a secondary analysis of a pragmatic randomized controlled trial Andreas Eklund Chiropractic & Manual Therapies Volume 28, Article number: 19 (2020) Abstract Background A […]

Why Maintenance Matters

By Donald M. Petersen Jr., BS, HCD(hc), FICC(h), Publisher Dynamic Chiropractic – October 1, 2017, Vol. 35, Issue 10 I like being right. As a publisher, you have to be right the vast majority of the time. The other times are filled with apologies and published erratas, which at the very least tend to be embarrassing. […]

Prevention of low back pain: effect, cost-effectiveness, and cost-utility of maintenance care – study protocol for a randomized clinical trial

Eklund A Trials. 2014 Apr 2;15(1):102. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-102. PubMed Reference Full Text Abstract BACKGROUND: Low back pain (LBP) is a prevalent condition and a socioeconomic problem in many countries. Due to its recurrent nature, the prevention of further episodes (secondary prevention), seems logical. Furthermore, when the condition is persistent, the minimization of symptoms and prevention […]

The Nordic care program: what is maintenance care? Interview based survey of Danish chiropractors

Corrie Myburgh Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2013, 21:27 doi:10.1186/2045-709X-21-27 Published: 20 August 2013 Abstract Objective To describe and interpret Danish Chiropractors’ perspectives regarding the purpose and rationale for using MC (maintenance care), its content, course and patient characteristics. Methods Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 chiropractors identified using a stratified, theoretical sampling framework. Interviews covered […]

The Impact of Chiropractic Care On Health: Why Maintenance Care Makes Sense

The Impact of Chiropractic Care On Health: Why Maintenance Care Makes Sense By Frank M. Painter, D.C. in Maintenance Care, on March 10th, 2013 at 2:26 pm Coulter and researchers at the RAND Corporation [1] performed an analysis of an insurance database, comparing persons receiving chiropractic care with non-chiropractic patients. The study consisted of senior […]

The Nordic maintenance care program: the clinical use of identified indications for preventive care

The Nordic maintenance care program: the clinical use of identified indications for preventive care Iben Axén* and Lennart Bodin Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2013, 21:10 doi:10.1186/2045-709X-21-10 Published: 6 March 2013 Abstract Background Low back pain (LBP) is a prevalent condition and has been found to be recurrent and persistent in a majority of cases. Chiropractors […]

The basis for spinal manipulation: Chiropractic perspective of indications and theory

Henderson CN. J Electromyogr Kinesiol. 2012 Oct;22(5):632-42. doi: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2012.03.008. Epub 2012 Apr 17. Abstract It is reasonable to think that patients responding to spinal manipulation (SM), a mechanically based therapy, would have mechanical derangement of the spine as a critical causal component in the mechanism of their condition. Consequently, SM practitioners routinely assess intervertebral motion, […]

Efficacy of Preventive Spinal Manipulation for Chronic Low-Back Pain and Related Disabilities: A Preliminary Study

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics October 2004 Volume 27, Issue 8, Pages 509–514 Martin Descarreaux Abstract Objective To document the potential role of maintenance chiropractic spinal manipulation to reduce overall pain and disability levels associated with chronic low-back conditions after an initial phase of intensive chiropractic treatments. Methods Thirty patients with chronic nonspecific low-back […]