ReviewChiropractic & manual therapies2018
Unravelling functional neurology: a critical review of clinical research articles on the effect or benefit of the functional neurology approach.
Review 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 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled 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.
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.
Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.
- Unravelling functional neurology: does spinal manipulation have an effect on the brain? - a systematic literature review.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2019Pooled it
- Effectiveness of a Single Functional Neurology Intervention on Primitive Reflex Integration Dysfunction in Children.Clinical case reports · 2025Article
- Neuropsychophysiological Effects of a Single Functional Neurology Intervention on Semicircular Canals Stimuli Dysfunction.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Application of Functional Neurology Therapy in a Lactose-Intolerant Patient.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Case Report: Potential benefits of a single functional neurology intervention in athletic rehabilitation and recovery: a case study.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2024Article
- Chiropractic techniques and treatment modalities included in academic programs: A survey of chiropractic educational institutions.The Journal of chiropractic education · 2022Article
- Attitudes to functional neurology and some other 'prescriptive' chiropractic techniques and their associations with chiropractic conservatism: a cross-sectional survey of chiropractic students.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2020Article
- Unravelling Functional Neurology: an overview of all published documents by FR Carrick, including a critical review of research articles on its effect or benefit.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2020Review
- The shape of chiropractic in Europe: a cross sectional survey of chiropractor's beliefs and practice.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2019Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Background: Functional Neurology (FN), mainly practiced by chiropractors, proposes to have an effect or a benefit on varied clinical cases, from debilitating diseases to performance enhancement in asymptomatic people. Objectives and design: A critical review of publications captured in and from the journal Method: All issues of the FNRE journal were searched (October 2017), including a handsearch of their lists of other relevant publications. In order to find evidence in relation to the effect or benefit of FN, the search was restricted to prospective clinical research studies with a control group, claiming or appearing to deal with the topic. The review was undertaken by two independent reviewers using two checklists, one relating to study description, and one on quality. Results were reported narratively. Results: Nine articles were found. The FNRE journal contained 168 authored texts, of which 36 were Conclusions: This journal contains no acceptable evidence on the effect or benefit of FN in relation to various conditions and purported indications for intervention.
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Registered trials
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