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Chiropractic Research
Numerous studies have shown that chiropractic treatment
is both safe and effective. The following are excerpts from
a few of the more recent studies. By examining the research
supporting chiropractic care, you will find that chiropractic
offers tremendous potential in meeting today’s health care
challenges.
- For Acute and Chronic Pain
- “Patients with chronic low-back pain treated
by chiropractors showed greater improvement and
satisfaction at one month than patients treated
by family physicians. Satisfaction scores were higher
for chiropractic patients. A higher proportion of
chiropractic patients (56 percent vs. 13 percent)
reported that their low-back pain was better or
much better, whereas nearly one-third of medical
patients reported their low-back pain was worse
or much worse.”
– Nyiendo et al (2000), Journal of Manipulative
and Physiological Therapeutics
- In a Randomized controlled trial, 183 patients
with neck pain were randomly allocated to manual
therapy (spinal mobilization), physiotherapy (mainly
exercise) or general practitioner care (counseling,
education and drugs) in a 52-week study. The clinical
outcomes measures showed that manual therapy resulted
in faster recovery than physiotherapy and general
practitioner care. Moreover, total costs of the
manual therapy-treated patients were about one-third
of the costs of physiotherapy or general practitioner
care.
-- Korthals-de Bos et al (2003), British Medical
Journal
- In Comparison to Other Treatment Alternatives
- “Acute and chronic chiropractic patients experienced
better outcomes in pain, functional disability,
and patient satisfaction; clinically important differences
in pain and disability improvement were found for
chronic patients.”
– Haas et al (2005), Journal of Manipulative
and Physiological Therapeutics
- “In our randomized, controlled trial, we compared
the effectiveness of manual therapy, physical therapy,
and continued care by a general practitioner in
patients with nonspecific neck pain. The success
rate at seven weeks was twice as high for the manual
therapy group (68.3 percent) as for the continued
care group (general practitioner). Manual therapy
scored better than physical therapy on all outcome
measures. Patients receiving manual therapy had
fewer absences from work than patients receiving
physical therapy or continued care, and manual therapy
and physical therapy each resulted in statistically
significant less analgesic use than continued care.”
– Hoving et al (2002), Annals of Internal Medicine
- For Headaches
- “Cervical spine manipulation was associated
with significant improvement in headache outcomes
in trials involving patients with neck pain and/or
neck dysfunction and headache.”
-- Duke Evidence Report, McCrory, Penzlen, Hasselblad,
Gray (2001)
- “The results of this study show that spinal
manipulative therapy is an effective treatment for
tension headaches. . . Four weeks after cessation
of treatment . . . the patients who received spinal
manipulative therapy experienced a sustained therapeutic
benefit in all major outcomes in contrast to the
patients that received amitriptyline therapy, who
reverted to baseline values.” ‘
-- Journal of Manipulative and Physiological
Therapeutics, Boline et al. (1995)
- Cost Effectiveness
- “Chiropractic care appeared relatively cost-effective
for the treatment of chronic low-back pain. Chiropractic
and medical care performed comparably for acute
patients. Practice-based clinical outcomes were
consistent with systematic reviews of spinal manipulative
efficacy: manipulation-based therapy is at least
as good as and, in some cases, better than other
therapeusis.”
– Haas et al (2005), Journal of Manipulative
and Physiological Therapeutics
- Patient Satisfaction
- “Chiropractic patients were found to be more
satisfied with their back care providers after four
weeks of treatment than were medical patients. Results
from observational studies suggested that back pain
patients are more satisfied with chiropractic care
than with medical care. Additionally, studies conclude
that patients are more satisfied with chiropractic
care than they were with physical therapy after
six weeks.”
-- Hertzman-Miller et al (2002), American Journal
of Public Health
- Popularity of Chiropractic
- “Chiropractic is the largest, most regulated,
and best recognized of the complementary and alternative
medicine (CAM) professions. CAM patient surveys
show that chiropractors are used more often than
any other alternative provider group and patient
satisfaction with chiropractic care is very high.
There is steadily increasing patient use of chiropractic
in the United States, which has tripled in the past
two decades.”
– Meeker, Haldeman (2002), Annals of Internal
Medicine
Source: The American Chiropractic Association
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