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ArticleBMJ open sport & exercise medicine2023

Identifying sports chiropractic global research priorities: an international Delphi study of sports chiropractors.

Melissa Belchos, Alexander D Lee, Katie de Luca, Stephen M Perle, Corrie Myburgh, Silvano Mior

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Article in BMJ open sport & exercise medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 5 countries.

Melissa BelchosCanadian Memorial Chiropractic College, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-3620-9530
Alexander D LeeAcademic Department, Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Katie de LucaChiropractic, School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, CQUniversity, Rockhampton, Brisbane, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2763-771X
Stephen M PerleBig Data Interrogation Group, AECC University College, Bournemouth, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5829-0256
Corrie MyburghDepartment of Sport Science and Clinical Biomechanics, Research Unit for Learning & Talent in Sport, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
Silvano MiorInstitute for Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.
Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College · CACentral Queensland University · AUMurdoch University · AUUniversity of Southern Denmark · DK

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: Developing a research agenda is one method to facilitate broad research planning and prioritise research within a discipline. Despite profession-specific agendas, none have specifically addressed the research needs of the specialty of sports chiropractic. This study determined consensus on research priorities to inform a global sports chiropractic research agenda. Methods: A Delphi consensus methodology was used to integrate expert opinions. Clinicians, academics and leaders from the international sports chiropractic specialty were recruited using purposive sampling to participate in (1) a Delphi panel involving three voting rounds to determine consensus on research priorities and (2) a priority importance ranking of the items that reached consensus. Results: We identified and contacted 141 participants, with response rates for rounds 1, 2 and 3, of 44%, 31% and 34%, respectively. From the original 149 research priorities, 66 reached consensus in round 1, 63 in round 2 and 45 items in round 3. Research priorities reaching consensus were collapsed by removing redundancies, and priority ranking identified 20 research priorities, 11 related to collaboration and 6 to research themes. Conclusions: The top-ranked items for research priorities, research themes and collaborations included the effects of interventions on performance, recovery and return to play; clinical research in sport; and collaborations with researchers in chiropractic educational institutions, respectively. Implications: The prioritisation of research items can be evaluated by key stakeholders (including athletes) and implemented to develop the first international research agenda for sports chiropractic.

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