ReviewJournal of chiropractic humanities2016
Spine Care as a Framework for the Chiropractic Identity.
Review in Journal of chiropractic humanities, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effect of chiropractic treatment on primary or early secondary prevention: a systematic review with a pedagogic approach.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2018Pooled it
- Establishing research priorities in animal chiropractic: a mixed-methods study informed by interested parties.The Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association · 2026Article
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: musings, observations and reflections after a half-century in chiropractic education.The Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association · 2026Article
- Chiropractic identity, role, and future: A secondary analysis of a survey of South African chiropractors.Journal of chiropractic humanities · 2025Article
- Cross-sectional analysis of online information on low back pain across South African chiropractic websites.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2025Article
- Diagnostic and management concordance between chiropractors and neurosurgeons for patients with low back pain.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- A new role for spinal manual therapy and for chiropractic? Part I: weaknesses and threats.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2024Article
- Associations between demographics and clinical ideology, beliefs, and practice patterns: a secondary analysis of a survey of randomly sampled United States chiropractors.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2023Article
- Integrated clinical opportunities for training offered through US doctor of chiropractic programs.The Journal of chiropractic education · 2023Article
- Prevalence of Serious Pathology Among Adults with Low Back Pain Presenting for Chiropractic Care: A Retrospective Chart Review of Integrated Clinics in Hong Kong.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2022Article
- Factors that influence scope of practice of the chiropractic profession in Australia: a scoping review.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2022Article
- Evaluation of United States chiropractic professional subgroups: a survey of randomly sampled chiropractors.BMC health services research · 2021Article
- The association between chiropractors' view of practice and patient encounter-level characteristics in Ontario, Canada: a cross-sectional study.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2021Article
- Suicide prevention, public health, and the chiropractic profession: a call to action.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2021Article
- Chiropractic and osteopathic students' perceptions of readiness for transition to practice: The educational value of university clinic vs community and private clinics.The Journal of chiropractic education · 2021Article
- Chiropractic students' cognitive dissonance to statements about professional identity, role, setting and future: international perspectives from a secondary analysis of pooled data.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2021Article
- Clinical Effectiveness and Efficacy of Chiropractic Spinal Manipulation for Spine Pain.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Factors influencing Australian chiropractors who choose not to join national professional associations: a qualitative study.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2020Article
- Misinformation, chiropractic, and the COVID-19 pandemic.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2020Article
- The prevalence of psychosocial related terminology in chiropractic program courses, chiropractic accreditation standards, and chiropractic examining board testing content in the United States.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2020Article
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3 authors.
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Abstract
objectiveThe purpose of this commentary is to provide an argument for the role and identity of chiropractors as spine care providers within the context of the greater health care system. DISCUSSION: Surveys of the general public and chiropractors indicate that the majority of patients seek chiropractic services for back and neck pain. Insurance company utilization data confirm these findings. Regulatory and legal language found in chiropractic practice acts reveals that most jurisdictions define the chiropractic scope of practice as based on a foundation of spine care. Educational accrediting and testing organizations have been shaped around a chiropractic education that produces graduates who focus on the diagnosis and treatment of spine and musculoskeletal disorders. Spine care is thus the common denominator and theme throughout all aspects of chiropractic practice, legislation, and education globally.
conclusionAlthough the chiropractic profession may debate internally about its professional identity, the chiropractic identity seems to have already been established by society, practice, legislation, and education as a profession of health care providers whose area of expertise is spine care.
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