Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy Published Online: August 10, 2023Volume0IssuejaPages1-53 https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jospt.2023.11708 Abstract OBJECTIVE: To estimate the benefits and harms of cervical spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) for treating neck pain. DESIGN: Intervention systematic review with meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). LITERATURE SEARCH: We searched the MEDLINE, Cochrane CENTRAL, EMBASE, CINAHL, PEDro, Chiropractic Literature […]
BMJ Open. 2023 May 4;13(5):e067526. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067526. Lindsay M Gorrell 1, Benjamin T Brown 2, Roger Engel 2, Reidar P Lystad 3 PMID: 37142321 PMCID: PMC10163511 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067526 Abstract Objectives: To describe if there has been a change in the reporting of adverse events associated with spinal manipulation in randomised clinical trials (RCTs) since 2016. […]
Cureus. 2021 Sep 16;13(9):e18031. doi: 10.7759/cureus.18031. eCollection 2021 Sep. Sohaib Khatib PMID: 34692274 PMCID: PMC8523197 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.18031 Abstract Chiropractic is a very popular alternative medicine practice in the United States. Despite that, this practice has been associated with several complications raising concerns for its safety. We report the case of an otherwise healthy 36-years-old, tall […]
Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery Available online 24 April 2021, 106665 Akash Mitra Highlights • Chiropractic manipulations are a risk factor for vertebral artery dissections • Patients with chiropractor-associated injuries were relatively young and healthy • Chiropractic-associated injuries were milder compared to other causes of dissection • Spinal fracture was the only predictor of worse outcome […]
World Neurosurgery Available online 23 February 2021 Original article Davis A.Hartnett BS Structured Abstract Objective The objective of this investigation is to evaluate the relationship between chiropractic spinal manipulation and medical malpractice utilizing a legal database. Methods The legal database VerdictSearch was queried using the terms “chiropractor” OR “spinal manipulation” under the classification of “Medical […]
Melissa Corso, Carol Cancelliere, Silvano Mior, Anne Taylor-Vaisey & Pierre Côté Chiropractic & Manual Therapies volume 28, Article number: 12 (2020) Abstract Introduction The safety of spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) in children is controversial. We were mandated by the College of Chiropractors of British Columbia to review the evidence on this issue. Objectives We conducted […]
Published: Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, 2019 Volume:49 Issue:10 Pages:688–697 DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2019.8578 Background Manual therapy interventions targeting the neck include various positions and movements of the craniocervical region. The hemodynamic changes in various spinal positions potentially have clinical relevance. Objectives To investigate the effects of craniocervical positions and movements on hemodynamic parameters (blood flow velocity and/or volume) of cervical […]
Pain Medicine, pnz219, https://doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnz219 Kelsey L Corcoran, DC Published: 27 September 2019 Abstract Objective To investigate the current evidence to determine if there is an association between chiropractic use and opioid receipt. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis. Methods The protocol for this review was registered on PROSPERO (CRD42018095128). The MEDLINE, PubMed, EMBASE, AMED, CINAHL, and Web of […]
Nicholas Moser BMJ Open 2019;9:e025219. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025219 Abstract Objective It is hypothesised that cervical manipulation may increase the risk of cerebrovascular accidents. We aimed to determine whether cervical spine manipulation is associated with changes in vertebral artery and cerebrovascular haemodynamics measured with MRI compared with neutral neck position and maximum neck rotation in patients with chronic neck pain. […]
By Shawn Neff Editorial Review Risk of Carotid Stroke after Chiropractic Care: A Population-Based Case-Crossover Study J. David Cassidy, DC, PhD, DrMedSc, Eleanor Boyle, PhD, Pierre Côté, DC, PhD, Sheilah Hogg-Johnson, PhD, Susan J. Bondy, PhD, and Scott Haldeman, MD, PhD Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, Vol. 26, No. 4 (April), 2017: pp 842–850 […]
Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics Available online 26 May 2018 James M.WhedonDC, MS Abstract Objectives Mortality rates due to adverse drug events (ADEs) are escalating in the United States. Analgesics are among the drug classes most often associated with occurrence of an ADE. Utilization of nonpharmacologic chiropractic services for treatment of low back pain […]
The Spine Journal Ian D. Coulter, Ph.D Background Context Mobilization and manipulation therapies are widely used to benefit patients with chronic low back pain. However, questions remain about their efficacy, dosing, safety, as well as how these approaches compare to other therapies. Purpose To determine the efficacy, effectiveness, and safety of various mobilization and manipulation […]
Cassidy JD, et al. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2017. Abstract BACKGROUND: Chiropractic manipulation is a popular treatment for neck pain and headache, but may increase the riskc of cervical artery dissection and stroke. Patients with carotid artery dissection can present with neck pain and/or headache before experiencing a stroke. These are common symptoms seen by […]
Musculoskeletal Science & Practice June 2017 Volume 29, Pages 66–71 Aleksander Chaibi, PhD (student) Highlights Manual-therapy RCTs do not always report adverse events (AEs) in contrast to pharmacological RCTs. This is the first prospective manual-therapy 3-armed single-blinded placebo RCT reporting all AEs for migraineurs. Local tenderness, tiredness and neck pain were the most common AEs. […]
H.A. Kranenburg Musculoskeletal Science and Practice April 2017 Volume 28, Pages 32–38 Highlights Vertebral Artery Dissection (VAD) is the most frequent described Major Adverse Event (MAE). The most frequent inventoried treatment technique was a non-specified manipulative technique. Patient characteristics are poorly described in case reports. No pre-manipulative risk profile could be composed based on the […]
Sci Rep. 2016; 6: 38107. Published online 2016 Dec 1. doi: 10.1038/srep38107 PMCID: PMC5131487 PMID: 27905508 Martha Funabashi Abstract Spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) creates health benefits for some while for others, no benefit or even adverse events. Understanding these differential responses is important to optimize patient care and safety. Toward this, characterizing how loads created […]
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Cureus. 2016 Feb; 8(2): e498. Published online 2016 Feb 16. doi: 10.7759/cureus.498 PMCID: PMC4794386 PMID: 27014532 Monitoring Editor: Alexander Muacevic and John R Adler Ephraim W Church Abstract Background Case reports and case control studies have suggested an association between chiropractic neck manipulation and cervical artery dissection (CAD), but a causal relationship has not been […]