Integrating Connective Tissue and Nervous System Mechanisms Medical Hypotheses Volume 68, Issue 1, January 2007, Pages 74-80 Helene M. Langevin and Karen J. Sherman The primary author is from the Department of Neurology, University of Vermont, College of Medicine. FROM ABSTRACT Although chronic low back pain (cLBP) is increasingly recognized as a complex syndrome with […]

The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice 17:S13-S22 (Nov/Dec. 2004) Alan B. Douglass, MD and Edward T. Bope, MD FROM ABSTRACT Neck pain is almost universal and is a common patient complaint. Although the differential diagnosis is extensive, most symptoms are from biomechanical sources, such as axial neck pain, whiplash-associated disorder (WAD), and […]

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics January 2005, Volume 28, Number 1 Reinhold Muller, PhD, Lynton G.F. Giles, DC, PhD This 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 in treating chronic spine pain. [Giles LGF, Muller R. […]

Spine July 15, 2003; 28(14):1490-1502 Lynton G. F. Giles, DC, PhD; Reinhold Muller, PhD FROM 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 alternative care for […]

UK BEAM Trial Team (Andrea Manca) British Medical Journal 329:1381 December 11, 2004 FROM ABSTRACT Objective To 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. Design Stochastic cost utility analysis alongside pragmatic randomised […]

An Instructional Course Lecture, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons THE JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY VOLUME 86-A · NUMBER 8 · AUGUST 2004 BY DARREL S. BRODKE, MD, AND STEPHEN M. RITTER, MD THESE AUTHORS NOTE: Low back pain is often a difficult problem to solve. “There is a paucity of evidence from the […]

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

British Medical Journal;326:911; April 26, 2003 Ingeborg B C Korthals-de Bos, Jan L Hoving, Maurits W van Tulder, Maureen P M H Rutten-van Mölken, Herman J Adèr, Henrica C W de Vet, Bart W Koes, Hindrik Vondeling, Lex M Bouter, FROM ABSTRACT: Objective: To evaluate the cost effectiveness of physiotherapy, manual therapy, and care by […]

The Journal of Orthopaedic Medicine Volume 21(l), 1999, pp. 22-25   S Khan, J Cook, M Gargan G Bannister University Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Bristol, UK FROM INCLUDED ABSTRACT Objective: 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 […]

Injury Volume 27, Issue 9, November 1996, Pages 643-645 N. Woodward, J. C. H. Cook, M. F. Gargan and G. C. Bannister University Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Bristol, UK FROM ABSTRACT Forty-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 […]