March 2006

ICA calls for papers

The International Chiropractors Association (ICA) is calling for papers to be presented at its fourth International Symposium on the Philosophy, Art and Science of Chiropractic to be held in Madrid, Spain, October 6-8, 2006. The Symposium is co-sponsored by the Spanish Association, the Associación Española de Quiropráctica (AEQ).

Abstracts pertaining to original research, reviews of the scientific literature, overviews of educational or clinical practice models, and chiropractic philosophy will all be considered. Authors of accepted abstracts will be required to submit a complete paper for peer-review by August 7 and expected to make a 15-minute oral presentation at the symposium. Papers should not have been published or presented before.

Abstracts should be detailed, between 300 to 500 words and must accurately describe the author’s objective, design, results, and conclusions. All abstracts should be sent as an attachment as a word document format in MS Word or Word Perfect. Pictures, illustrations, and graphs should not be sent with abstracts.

Deadline for abstract submission is April 17, 2006. Notification of abstract selection is May 15, 2006 and the deadline for complete paper is August 7, 2006.

E-mail abstracts to Madridsymposium@chiropractic.org and include the following with your submission as a cover letter (not on the same page as the abstract):

Source: International Chiropractors Association, www.chiropractic.org