ArticleThe Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association2022
A retrospective analysis of pain changes and opioid use patterns temporally associated with a course of chiropractic care at a publicly funded inner-city facility.
Article in The Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Whole health and chiropractic: a commentary on historical roots, contemporary relevance, and future directions.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2026Article
- Assessing the impact of manual therapy in the management of nonspecific low back pain: a scoping review of the outcomes used in clinical trials.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2026Article
- Impact of chiropractic care on opioid use for noncancer spine pain: systematic review and meta-analysis.Pain reports · 2026Review
- The Impact of Chiropractic Care on Opioid Prescriptions in Veterans Health Administration Patients Receiving Low Back Pain Care.Journal of general internal medicine · 2025Article
- The impact of chiropractic care on prescription opioid use for non-cancer spine pain: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.Systematic reviews · 2024Article
- The Impact of Nonpharmacological Interventions on Opioid Use for Chronic Noncancer Pain: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background: Non-pharmacologic treatment, including chiropractic care, is now recommended instead of opioid prescriptions as the initial management of chronic spine pain by clinical practice guidelines. Chiropractic care, commonly including spinal manipulation, has been temporally associated with reduced opioid prescription in veterans with spine pain. Purpose: To determine if chiropractic management including spinal manipulation was associated with decreased pain or opioid usage in financially disadvantaged individuals utilizing opioid medications and diagnosed with musculoskeletal conditions. Methods: A retrospective analysis of quality assurance data from a publicly funded healthcare facility was conducted. Measures included numeric pain scores of spine and extremity regions across three time points, opioid utilization, demographics, and care modalities. Results: Pain and opioid use significantly decreased concomitant with a course of chiropractic care. Conclusions: A publicly funded course of chiropractic care temporally coincided with statistically and clinically significant decreases in pain and opioid usage in a financially disadvantaged inner-city population.
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