Rehabilitation

Instrument Adjusting Overview The advent of using a device to assist in manipulating the spine dates back over centuries. Over the past 40 years, instrument adjusting has risen in prominence within the chiropractic profession. In fact, Instrument Adjusting has grown to become one of most commonly used chiropractic techniques in today’s practice, second only to […]

STUDY DESIGN: Cluster analysis of existing database of spinal shape of patients attending a scoliosis clinic. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether patients with scoliosis can be classified into distinct groups by 3-dimensional curve shape. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Subjective or semiquantitative methods can be used to classify curve types in scoliosis, with the goal of rationalizing […]

STUDY DESIGN: A cross-sectional, telephone survey of a representative sample of North Carolina households in 2006. OBJECTIVE: The primary objectives of these analyses were to describe health care use (providers, medications, treatments, diagnostic tests) for chronic low back pain (LBP) and relate current patterns of use to current best evidence for care of the condition. […]

BackgroundNeck pain is a significant health problem in modern society. There is evidence to suggest that neck muscle strength is reduced in patients with neck pain. This article provides a critical analysis of the research literature on the clinimetric properties of tests to measure neck muscle strength or endurance in patients with non-specific neck pain, […]

Objective: The objective of this study was to gather descriptive information concerning the clinical outcomes of patients with cervical and lumbar radiculopathy treated with a nonsurgical, chiropractic treatment protocol in combination with other interventions. Methods: This is a retrospective review of 162 patients with a working diagnosis of radiculopathy who met the inclusion criteria (312 […]