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. […]
Chronic Spinal Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Medication, Acupuncture, and Spinal Manipulation
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 […]
United Kingdom back pain exercise and manipulation (UK BEAM) randomised trial: cost effectiveness of physical treatments for back pain in primary care
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 […]
Nonoperative Management of Low Back Pain and Lumbar Disc Degeneration
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 […]
Comparative Analysis of Individuals With and Without Chiropractic Coverage
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 […]
Cost effectiveness of physiotherapy, manual therapy, and general practitioner care for neck pain: economic evaluation alongside a randomised controlled trial
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 […]
A symptomatic classification of whiplash injury and the implications for treatment
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 […]
Chiropractic treatment of chronic ‘whiplash’ injuries
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 […]
Chiropractors and Low Back Pain
The Lancet July 28, 1990, p. 220 The editors of THE LANCET review the June 2nd 1990 British Medical Journal article by Meade [immediately above], Low back pain of mechanical origin: randomized comparison of chiropractic and hospital outpatient treatment. The study used 741 patients. The editors of THE LANCET note: The article “showed a strong […]
Low back pain of mechanical origin: Randomised comparison of chiropractic and hospital outpatient treatment
British Medical Journal June 2, 1990 T W Meade, Sandra Dyer, Wendy Browne, Joy Townsend, A 0 Frank FROM ABSTRACT Objective To compare chiropractic and hospital outpatient treatment for managing low back pain of mechanical origin. Design Randomised controlled trial. Allocation to chiropractic or hospital management by minimization to establish groups for analysis of results […]