ArticleJournal of chiropractic humanities2011
A theoretical basis for maintenance spinal manipulative therapy for the chiropractic profession.
Article in Journal of chiropractic humanities, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Prevalence of Chiropractic-Specific Terminology on Chiropractors' Websites in the United Kingdom With Comparison to Australia: An Analysis of Samples.Journal of chiropractic humanities · 2021Article
- Words matter: the prevalence of chiropractic-specific terminology on Australian chiropractors' websites.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2020Article
- Potential mechanisms for lumbar spinal stiffness change following spinal manipulative therapy: a scoping review.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2020Article
- Efficacy of spinal chiropractic manipulative therapy for adjusting the relationship between cervical facet joints to treat headache caused by acute mountain sickness.The Journal of international medical research · 2020Article
- Development of a Clinical Decision Aid for Chiropractic Management of Common Conditions Causing Low Back Pain in Veterans: Results of a Consensus Process.Journal of manipulative and physiological therapeutics · 2019Article
- Short term treatment versus long term management of neck and back disability in older adults utilizing spinal manipulative therapy and supervised exercise: a parallel-group randomized clinical trial evaluating relative effectiveness and harms.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2014Article
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Abstract
objectThe purpose of this article is to discuss a theoretical basis for wellness chiropractic manipulative care and to develop a hypothesis for further investigation.
methodsA SEARCH OF PUBMED AND OF THE MANUAL, ALTERNATIVE, AND NATURAL THERAPY INDEX SYSTEM WAS PERFORMED WITH A COMBINATION OF KEY WORDS: chiropractic, maintenance and wellness care, maintenance manipulative care, preventive spinal manipulation, hypomobility, immobility, adhesions, joint degeneration, and neuronal degeneration. Articles were collected, and trends were identified.
resultsThe search revealed surveys of doctors and patients, an initial clinical pilot study, randomized control trials, and laboratory studies that provided correlative information to provide a framework for development of a hypothesis for the basis of maintenance spinal manipulative therapy. Maintenance care optimizes the levels of function and provides a process of achieving the best possible health. It is proposed that this may be accomplished by including chiropractic manipulative therapy in addition to exercise therapy, diet and nutritional counseling, and lifestyle coaching.
conclusionsIt is hypothesized that because spinal manipulative therapy brings a joint to the end of the paraphysiological joint space to encourage normal range of motion, routine manipulation of asymptomatic patients may retard the progression of joint degeneration, neuronal changes, changes in muscular strength, and recruitment patterns, which may result in improved function, decreased episodes of injuries, and improved sense of well-being.
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