The Canadian Chiropractic Guideline Initiative (CCGI) has just finished appraising and summarizing this 2018 guideline published in JOSPT, “Knee Pain and Mobility Impairments: Meniscal and Articular Cartilage Lesions”. This summary covers key recommendations for a physical examination (outcome measures, physical performance measures, and physical impairment measures), diagnosis, clinical course, risk factors, interventions, and imaging studies. […]
Complement Ther Med. 2018 Apr;37:143-157. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2018.03.003. Epub 2018 Mar 5. Phang JK Abstract OBJECTIVES: To summarize all good quality randomized controlled trials (RCTs) using complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) interventions in patients with rheumatic diseases. METHODS: A systematic literature review guided by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic review and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) was performed. […]
Jasper D Bier Physical Therapy, Volume 98, Issue 3, 1 March 2018, Pages 162–171, https://doi.org/10.1093/ptj/pzx118 Abstract The Royal Dutch Society for Physical Therapy (KNGF) issued a clinical practice guideline for physical therapists that addresses the assessment and treatment of patients with nonspecific neck pain, including cervical radiculopathy, in Dutch primary care. Recommendations were based on […]
anuary 16, 2018 Jennifer Abbasi Article Information JAMA. 2018;319(3):215-217. doi:10.1001/jama.2017.20639 This summer, 25 overweight and obese adults participating in a tightly controlled feeding study will take up full-time residence for 3 months at a wooded lakefront center in Ashland, Massachusetts. However, before checking in at Framingham State University’s Warren Conference Center and Inn, they will have to lose 15% […]
Eur Spine J. 2017 May 18. doi: 10.1007/s00586-017-5121-8. [Epub ahead of print] Kjaer P1,2, Kongsted A3,4,5, Hartvigsen J3,5, Isenberg-Jørgensen A6, Schiøttz-Christensen B7,8, Søborg B4, Krog C9, Møller CM10, Halling CMB4,11, Lauridsen HH3, Hansen IR3, Nørregaard J12, Jørgensen KJ4,13, Hansen LV14, Jakobsen M4,11, Jensen MB15, Melbye M16, Duel P17, Christensen SW18,19, Povlsen TM4,20. Abstract PURPOSE: To summarise recommendations about 21 selected non-surgical interventions for recent onset (<12 weeks) non-specific neck pain (NP) and cervical radiculopathy (CR) based […]
by Larry Husten CardioBrief February 27, 2017 One of the world’s top cardiologists says that many of the major nutrition guidelines have no good basis in science. “I’m not a nutrition scientist and that may be an advantage because every week in the newspaper we read something is good for you and the same thing […]
Headline The programme of research found that acupuncture was more effective than usual care and sham acupuncture for chronic pain, that it was one of the more clinically effective physical therapies for osteoarthritis and that it showed benefits in the treatment of depression. Abstract Background: There has been an increase in the utilisation of acupuncture […]
JMPT October 2016 Volume 39, Issue 8, Pages 523–564.e27 André E. Bussières, DC, PhD Abstract Objective The objective was to develop a clinical practice guideline on the management of neck pain–associated disorders (NADs) and whiplash-associated disorders (WADs). This guideline replaces 2 prior chiropractic guidelines on NADs and WADs. Methods Pertinent systematic reviews on 6 topic […]
New guidelines do not recommend the routine use of MRI imaging for diagnosis Date: March 2, 2016 Source: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Summary: New guidelines recommend the collective use of a thorough patient history and specific physical examination maneuvers, in addition to observation and specific diagnostic tests to more definitively diagnose carpal tunnel syndrome, […]
JMPT January 2016, Volume 39, Issue 1, Pages 1–22 Gary Globe, PhD, MBA, DC Abstract Objective The purpose of this article is to provide an update of a previously published evidence-based practice guideline on chiropractic management of low back pain. Methods This project updated and combined 3 previous guidelines. A systematic review of articles published […]
Food guidelines should not be based on surveys of what people eat and drink, says report. Chris Woolston 11 June 2015 Challenge people to remember what they ate the day before, and many will draw a blank. That failing means that much of the data on personal eating habits — which form the basis of […]
Curator: André Bussières DC PhD This list contains Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) and reviews of CPGs on low back and neck pain, diagnostic imaging, and extremity disorders. These tools have the potential to improve the quality and safety of healthcare. CPGs are a comprehensive collection of current best evidence regarding etiology, diagnosis & treatment of […]
ACA News – January/February 2015 Chiropractic Added to Joint Commission Standard on Pain Management – Lori A. Burkhart THE CHIROPRACTIC PROFESSION GOT OFF TO A GREAT START in 2015 as the Joint Commission revised its pain management standard to include chiropractic services. Clinical experts in pain management who provide input into the commission’s standards affirmed […]
William Sullivan, DO, JD DisclosuresJanuary 22, 2015 WILL ‘GUIDELINES’ PROTECT YOU AGAINST MALPRACTICE RISK? In order to win in a medical malpractice case against a physician, a plaintiff must prove that the physician owed the patient a duty, that the physician breached the duty, and that the physician’s breach in duty caused the patient to suffer damages. […]
New Guidelines: 65% of Americans Need Help With Weight Loss Marlene Busko November 14, 2014