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Open AccessTesting a strength and conditioning program to prevent common manipulative technique training injuries in chiropractic students: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Spinal manipulation is the primary therapy utilised by chiropractors in the management of their patients. The skills required may feel foreign to chiropractic students as they need strength and endurance in mo...
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Open AccessLow back pain: a major global problem for which the chiropractic profession needs to take more care
An important series of papers have been published in the Lancet. These papers provide a comprehensive update for the major global problem of low back pain, and the challenges that low back pain presents to health...
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Open AccessHow frequent are non-evidence-based health care beliefs in chiropractic students and do they vary across the pre-professional educational years
Evidence suggests that a students’ beliefs already prior to entering a program may be important as a determinant in sustaining unsuitable health care beliefs. Our objectives were to investigate the proportion ...
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Open AccessChiropractic student choices in relation to indications, non-indications and contra-indications of continued care
The quality of health care provider clinical decisions has long been recognized as variable. Research has focused on clinical decision making with the aim of improving patient outcomes. No studies have looked ...
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Open AccessFailure to define low back pain as a disease or an episode renders research on causality unsuitable: results of a systematic review
Causative factors may be different for the very first onset of symptoms of the ‘disease’ of low back pain (LBP) than for ensuing episodes that occur after a pain-free period. This differentiation hinges on a l...
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Open AccessKnowledge, attitude, influences and use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) among chiropractic and nursing students
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is becoming more widely used in the community however there are differences in knowledge and attitudes among and within the various health professions. Chiropractic...
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Open AccessTracking low back pain in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a prospective cohort study protocol
Numerous methodological limitations have constrained the findings of previous studies that have examined the prevalence of low back pain in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis. This article presents a study ...
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Open AccessThe relationship between intolerance of uncertainty in chiropractic students and their treatment intervention choices
Psychological factors, such as intolerance of uncertainty (IU), have been shown to impact on the quality of medical care. However, this psychological measure has not been studied in the chiropractic profession...
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Open AccessSimilarities and differences of a selection of key accreditation standards between chiropractic councils on education: a systematic review
Councils of Chiropractic Education (CCE) indirectly influence patient care and safety through their role of ensuring the standards of training delivered by chiropractic educational institutions. This is achiev...
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Open AccessEffect of lumbar spinal manipulation on local and remote pressure pain threshold and pinprick sensitivity in asymptomatic individuals: a randomised trial
The mechanisms of clinical pain relief associated with spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) are poorly understood. Our objective was to determine whether lumbar high-velocity low-amplitude SMT altered pressure pa...
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Open AccessHow comprehensively is evidence-based practice represented in councils on chiropractic education (CCE) educational standards: a systematic audit
The incorporation of evidence-based practice (EBP) is widely recognised as a necessary process for entry-level health professional training. Accreditation documents reflect the practice standards of health pro...
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Open AccessWho consults chiropractors in Victoria, Australia?: Reasons for attending, general health and lifestyle habits of chiropractic patients
COAST (Chiropractic Observational and Analysis STudy) reported the clinical practices of chiropractors. The aims of this study were to: 1) describe the chiropractic patient demographic and health characteristi...
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Open AccessErratum to: Spinal manipulative therapy, Graston technique® and placebo for non-specific thoracic spine pain: a randomised controlled trial
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Open AccessThe new chiropractic
Physical manipulation and manual therapies are thousands of years old. The most popular western world iteration of these therapies is delivered by chiropractors. It can be argued that the collective public hea...
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Open AccessSpinal manipulative therapy, Graston technique® and placebo for non-specific thoracic spine pain: a randomised controlled trial
Few controlled trials have assessed the efficacy of spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) for thoracic spine pain. No high quality trials have been performed to test the efficacy and effectiveness of Graston Techn...
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Open AccessAcknowledgement of manuscript reviewers 2015
The editor of Chiropractic & Manual Therapies would like to thank all our reviewers who have contributed to the journal in Volume 23 (2015).
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Open AccessSimilarities and differences of graduate entry-level competencies of chiropractic councils on education: a systematic review
Councils of Chiropractic Education (CCE) indirectly influence patient care and safety through their role of ensuring the standards of training delivered by chiropractic educational institutions. This is achiev...
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Open AccessThe accuracy of diagnostic ultrasound imaging for musculoskeletal soft tissue pathology of the extremities: a comprehensive review of the literature
Musculoskeletal diagnostic ultrasound imaging (MSK-DUSI) has been growing outside the traditional radiology speciality. Increased use of this technology has been reported in several healthcare settings, howeve...
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Open AccessThe simulated early learning of cervical spine manipulation technique utilising mannequins
Trivial pain or minor soreness commonly follows neck manipulation and has been estimated at one in three treatments. In addition, rare catastrophic events can occur. Some of these incidents have been ascribed ...
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Open AccessThe association between pain diagram area, fear-avoidance beliefs, and pain catastrophising
The development of clinical practice guidelines for managing spinal pain have been informed by a biopsychosocial framework which acknowledges that pain arises from a combination of psychosocial and biomechanic...
