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Long-Term Follow-up of a Randomized Clinical Trial

Assessing the Efficacy of Medication, Acupuncture, and Spinal Manipulation for Chronic Mechanical Spinal Pain SyndromesJournal of Manipulative and Physiological TherapeuticsJanuary 2005, Volume 28, Number 1Reinhold Muller, PhD, Lynton G.F. Giles, DC, PhDThis study is a follow-up to the study in Spine, July 15, 2003, which showed the short-term superiority of chiropractic adjustment over Celebrex, Vioxx, and acupuncture [..]

Chronic Spinal Pain

A Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Medication, Acupuncture, and Spinal Manipulation SpineJuly 15, 2003; 28(14):1490-1502Lynton G. F. Giles, DC, PhD; Reinhold Muller, PhDFROM THE ABSTRACT:Study Design.A randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted.Objective.To compare medication, needle acupuncture, and spinal manipulation for managing chronic (>13 weeks duration) spinal pain because the value of medicinal and popular forms of [..]

United Kingdom back pain exercise and manipulation (UK BEAM) randomised trial

Cost effectiveness of physical treatments for back pain in primary care UK BEAM Trial Team (Andrea Manca)British Medical Journal329:1381 December 11, 2004FROM ABSTRACTObjectiveTo assess the cost effectiveness of adding spinal manipulation, exercise classes, or manipulation followed by exercise (“combined treatment”) to “best care” in general practice for patients consulting with low back pain.DesignStochastic cost utility [..]

Nonoperative Management of Low Back Pain and Lumbar Disc Degeneration

An Instructional Course Lecture,American Academy of Orthopaedic SurgeonsTHE JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERYVOLUME 86-A · NUMBER 8 · AUGUST 2004BY DARREL S. BRODKE, MD, AND STEPHEN M. RITTER, MDTHESE AUTHORS NOTE:Low back pain is often a difficult problem to solve.“There is a paucity of evidence from the health professional literature regarding its cause, management, and [..]

Comparative Analysis of Individuals With and Without Chiropractic Coverage

Patient Characteristics, Utilization, and CostsArchives of Internal MedicineOctober 11, 2004;164:1985-1992Antonio P. Legorreta, MD, MPH; R. Douglas Metz, DC; Craig F. Nelson, DC, MS; Saurabh Ray, PhD; Helen Oster Chernicoff, MD, MSHS; Nicholas A. DiNubile, MDFROM ABSTRACT:Background: Back pain accounts for more than $100 billion in annual US health care costs and is the second leading [..]

A symptomatic classification of whiplash injury and the implications for treatment

The Journal of Orthopaedic MedicineVolume 21(l), 1999, pp. 22-25S Khan, J Cook, M Gargan G BannisterUniversity Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Bristol, UKFROM INCLUDED ABSTRACTObjective:To determine which patients with chronic whiplash will benefit from chiropractic treatment.Design:Retrospective review by structured telephone interviews of 93 consecutive patients seen in chiropractic clinic.Setting:Independent chiropractic clinic in a large city.Subjects:93 patients, [..]

Chiropractic treatment of chronic ‘whiplash’ injuries

InjuryVolume 27, Issue 9, November 1996, Pages 643-645N. Woodward, J. C. H. Cook, M. F. Gargan and G. C. BannisterUniversity Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Bristol, UKFROM ABSTRACTForty-three percent of patients will suffer long-term symptoms following ‘whiplash’ injury, for which no conventional treatment has proven to be effective.A retrospective study was undertaken to determine the effects [..]

Chiropractors and Low Back Pain

The LancetJuly 28, 1990, p. 220The editors of THE LANCET review the June 2nd 1990 British Medical Journal article by Meade [immediately above], Low back pain of mechanical origin:randomized comparison of chiropractic and hospital outpatient treatment.The study used 741 patients. The editors of THE LANCET note:The article “showed a strong and clear advantage for patients [..]

Low back pain of mechanical origin: Comparison of chiropractic and hospital outpatient treatment

British Medical JournalJune 2, 1990T W Meade, Sandra Dyer, Wendy Browne, Joy Townsend, A 0 FrankFROM ABSTRACTObjectiveTo compare chiropractic and hospital outpatient treatment for managing low back pain of mechanical origin.DesignRandomised controlled trial. Allocation to chiropractic or hospital management by minimization to establish groups for analysis of results according to initial referral clinic, length of [..]