January 2007

NYCC receives federal research grant

New York Chiropractic College was awarded a federal grant of more than $1 million dollars from the Department of Health and Human Services.

The funding comes under the auspices of the department’s Health Resources and Services Administration’s Chiropractic Demonstration Project Grant Program. The research project, entirely funded by the federal government, will provide $1,124,244 over the next three years to perform a multi-site randomized clinical trial.

The research will be conducted in conjunction with the Canandaigua Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center and private practices in the Rochester area.

The study will compare two different treatment modalities (manipulative therapy and active exercise therapy) for patients suffering from chronic lower back pain. Paul Dougherty, DC, NYCC associate professor and principal research grant investigator, will be utilizing a “prediction rule” to attempt to identify those patients who best respond to particular treatment modalities.

The project will be carried out within VA clinics and in several private chiropractic and physical therapy outpatient facilities throughout Rochester.

Patients for the study will be recruited beginning March 2007. If you are interested in more information regarding this study, please contact Maureen Kuhlman at New York Chiropractic College’s research center at 315-568-3868.

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