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SynthesisChiropractic & manual therapies2018

Effect of chiropractic treatment on primary or early secondary prevention: a systematic review with a pedagogic approach.

Guillaume Goncalves, Christine Le Scanff, Charlotte Leboeuf-Yde

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Synthesis in Chiropractic & manual therapies, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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10citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Guillaume Goncalves1CIAMS, University of Paris-Sud, University of Paris-Saclay, F-91405 Orsay Cedex, France.ORCID 0000-0002-1992-1876
Christine Le Scanff1CIAMS, University of Paris-Sud, University of Paris-Saclay, F-91405 Orsay Cedex, France.
Charlotte Leboeuf-Yde1CIAMS, University of Paris-Sud, University of Paris-Saclay, F-91405 Orsay Cedex, France.
Université Paris-Sud · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: The chiropractic vitalistic approach to the concept of 'subluxation' as a cause of disease lacks both biological plausibility and possibly proof of validity. Nonetheless, some chiropractors purport to prevent disease in general through the use of chiropractic care. Evidence of its effect is needed to be allowed to continue this practice. The objective of this systematic review was therefore to investigate if there is any evidence that spinal manipulations/chiropractic care can be used in primary prevention (PP) and/or early secondary prevention in diseases other than musculoskeletal conditions. Method: We searched Results: Of the 13.099 titles scrutinized, 13 articles were included (eight clinical studies and five population studies). These studies dealt with various disorders of public health importance such as diastolic blood pressure, blood test immunological markers, and mortality. Only two clinical studies could be used for data synthesis. None showed any effect of spinal manipulation/chiropractic treatment. Conclusion: We found no evidence in the literature of an effect of chiropractic treatment in the scope of PP or early secondary prevention for disease in general. Chiropractors have to assume their role as evidence-based clinicians and the leaders of the profession must accept that it is harmful to the profession to imply a public health importance in relation to the prevention of such diseases through manipulative therapy/chiropractic treatment.

Indexed as

Students, MedicalChiropracticComplementary TherapiesHumansOutcome Assessment, Health CarePrimary PreventionSecondary PreventionTeachingChiropracticEarly secondary preventionPrimary preventionPublic health

Identifiers

PMID29632661
PMCPMC5885462
OpenAlexW2801632633

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