Attitudes of clinicians at the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College towards the chiropractic management of non-musculoskeletal conditions.

Jodi Parkinson, Jennifer Lau, Sandeep Kalirah, Brian J Gleberzon

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Article in The Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

A scoping review of chiropractic management of female patients with infertility.The Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association · 2018
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jodi ParkinsonProfessor and Chair, Department of Applied Chiropractic, Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, 6100 Leslie St. Toronto, ON M2H 3J1, E-mail: bgleberzon@cmcc.ca.

Jennifer Lau

Sandeep Kalirah

Brian J Gleberzon

Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe objective of this study was to determine the attitudes of clinical faculty during the 2009-2010 academic year at the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College towards the treatment of various non-musculoskeletal disorders.

methodsA confidential survey was distributed to the clinical faculty via email. It consisted of several questions polling the demographic of the respondent such as years in clinical practice, and a list of 29 non-musculoskeletal conditions. Clinicians were asked to indicate their opinions on each condition on rating scale ranging from strongly agree to strongly disagree.

resultsTwenty of 22 clinicians responded. The conditions garnering the greatest positive ratings include: asthma, constipation, chronic pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea, infantile colic, and vertigo. The options regarding vertigo and asthma, while demonstrating an overall positive attitude towards the benefits of chiropractic care, were stratified amongst clinicians with varying years in clinical practice.

conclusionThis study suggests clinicians at this college are moderately open towards the chiropractic treatment of some non-musculoskeletal disorders.

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chiropracticCMCCnon-musculoskeletaltreatment

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PMID21629463

PMCPMC3095585

OpenAlexW1561479070

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