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ArticleChiropractic & manual therapies2021

COVID-19: how has a global pandemic changed manual therapy technique education in chiropractic programs around the world?

Katie de Luca, Marcus McDonald, Laura Montgomery, Stephen Sharp, Anika Young, Simon Vella, Michelle M Holmes, Sasha Aspinall, Danica Brousseau, Chris Burrell and 13 more

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Article in Chiropractic & manual therapies, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 21 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

23 authors at 13 institutions in 6 countries.

Katie de LucaDepartment of Chiropractic, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia. katie.deluca@mq.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0002-2763-771X
Marcus McDonaldDiscipline of Chiropractic, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.
Laura MontgomeryDepartment of Chiropractic, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Stephen SharpDepartment of Chiropractic, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Anika YoungDepartment of Chiropractic, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Simon VellaDepartment of Chiropractic, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Michelle M HolmesSchool of Chiropractic, AECC University College, Bournemouth, UK.
Sasha AspinallCollege of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia.
Danica BrousseauDepartment of Chiropractic, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivieres, Trois-Rivières, Canada.
Chris BurrellDepartment of Chiropractic, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
David ByfieldWelsh Institute of Chiropractic, University of South Wales, Pontypridd, UK.
Dawn DaneCentral Queensland University, Brisbane, Australia.
Philip DewhurstSchool of Chiropractic, AECC University College, Bournemouth, UK.
Aron DownieDepartment of Chiropractic, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Roger EngelDepartment of Chiropractic, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Brian GleberzonUndergraduate Education, Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, Toronto, Canada.
Dana HollandsworthDepartment of Chiropractic Sciences, Parker University, Dallas, USA.
Anne Molgaard NielsenDepartment of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
Laura O'ConnorDepartment of Chiropracti, Durban University of Technology, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
David StarmerUndergraduate Education, Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, Toronto, Canada.
Michael TunningAssociate Dean of Clinical Sciences, Palmer College of Chiropractic, Davenport, USA.
Paul WanlassInterim Chair, Principles and Practice Department, Southern California University of Health Sciences, Los Angeles College of Chiropractic, Los Angeles, USA.
Simon D FrenchDepartment of Chiropractic, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Macquarie University · AUCanadian Memorial Chiropractic College · CAHealth Sciences University · GBCentral Queensland University · AUDurban University of Technology · ZAMurdoch University · AUPalmer College of Chiropractic · USParker University · USRMIT University · AUSouthern California University of Health Sciences · USUniversité du Québec à Trois-Rivières · CAUniversity of Southern Denmark · DKUniversity of South Wales · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundManual therapy is a cornerstone of chiropractic education, whereby students work towards a level of skill and expertise that is regarded as competent to work within the field of chiropractic. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, chiropractic programs in every region around the world had to make rapid changes to the delivery of manual therapy technique education, however what those changes looked like was unknown.

aimsThe aims of this study were to describe the immediate actions made by chiropractic programs to deliver education for manual therapy techniques and to summarise the experience of academics who teach manual therapy techniques during the initial outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.

methodsA qualitative descriptive approach was used to describe the immediate actions made by chiropractic programs to deliver manual therapy technique education during the COVID-19 pandemic. Chiropractic programs were identified from the webpages of the Councils on Chiropractic Education International and the Council on Chiropractic Education - USA. Between May and June 2020, a convenience sample of academics who lead or teach in manual therapy technique in those programs were invited via email to participate in an online survey with open-ended questions. Responses were entered into the NVivo software program and analysed using a reflexive thematic analysis by a qualitative researcher independent to the data collection.

resultsData from 16 academics in 13 separate chiropractic programs revealed five, interconnected themes: Immediate response; Move to online delivery; Impact on learning and teaching; Additional challenges faced by educators; and Ongoing challenges post lockdown.

conclusionThis study used a qualitative descriptive approach to describe how some chiropractic programs immediately responded to the initial outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in their teaching of manual therapy techniques. Chiropractic programs around the world provided their students with rapid, innovative learning strategies, in an attempt to maintain high standards of chiropractic education; however, challenges included maintaining student engagement in an online teaching environment, psychomotor skills acquisition and staff workload.

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COVID-19ChiropracticEducation, DistanceHumansMusculoskeletal ManipulationsQualitative ResearchSARS-CoV-2United StatesChiropracticChiropractic techniqueCOVID-19EducationManual therapyqQualitative.

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PMID33522933
PMCPMC7849220
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