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Open AccessChiropractic & Osteopathy. A new journal
Both chiropractic and osteopathy are over a century old. They are now regarded as complementary health professions. There is an imperative for both professions to research the principles and claims that underp...
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Open AccessThe establishment of the Chiropractic & Osteopathic College of Australasia in Queensland (1996–2002)
For chiropractors and osteopaths after graduation, the learning process continues by way of experience and continuing education (CE). The provision of CE and other vocational services in Queensland between 199...
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Open AccessLow back pain risk factors in a large rural Australian Aboriginal community. An opportunity for managing co-morbidities?
Low back pain (LBP) is the most prevalent musculo-skeletal condition in rural and remote Australian Aboriginal communities. Smoking, physical inactivity and obesity are also prevalent amongst Indigenous people...
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Open AccessChiropractic care for children: too much, too little or not enough?
This editorial provides an overview of this Thematic Series of the journal titled Chiropractic Care for Children. In commissioning this series of articles we aimed to bring the busy clinician up to date with t...
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Open AccessImproving the care for people with acute low-back pain by allied health professionals (the ALIGN trial): A cluster randomised trial protocol
Variability between clinical practice guideline recommendations and actual clinical practice exists in many areas of health care. A 2004 systematic review examining the effectiveness of guideline implementatio...
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Open AccessThe journal 'chiropractic & osteopathy' changes its title to 'chiropractic & manual therapies'. a new name, a new era
Chiropractic & Osteopathy changes its title to Chiropractic & Manual Therapies in January 2011. This change reflects the expanding base of submissions from clinical scientists interested in the discipline of manu...
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Open AccessDelineating inflammatory and mechanical sub-types of low back pain: a pilot survey of fifty low back pain patients in a chiropractic setting
An instrument known as the Mechanical and Inflammatory Low Back Pain (MAIL) Scale was drafted using the results of a previous expert opinion study. A pilot survey was conducted to test the feasibility of a lar...
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Open AccessOutcomes of usual chiropractic, harm & efficacy, the ouch study: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Previous studies have demonstrated that adverse events occur during chiropractic treatment. However, because of these studies design we do not know the frequency and extent of these events when compared to sha...
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Open AccessManagement of people with acute low-back pain: a survey of Australian chiropractors
Chiropractors commonly provide care to people with acute low-back pain (LBP). The aim of this survey was to determine how chiropractors intend to support and manage people with acute LBP and if this management...
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Open AccessThe reliability of a portable clinical force plate used for the assessment of static postural control: repeated measures reliability study
Force plates are frequently used for postural control assessments but they are expensive and not widely available in most clinical settings. Increasingly, clinicians are using this technology to assess patient...
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Open AccessThe validity of a portable clinical force plate in assessment of static postural control: concurrent validity study
The broad use of force plates in clinical settings for postural control assessment suggests the need for instruments that are easy to use, affordable and readily available. In addition, these instruments of me...
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Open AccessA Royal Chartered College joins Chiropractic & Manual Therapies
From January 2013, The UK College of Chiropractors joins the partnership between the Chiropractic and Osteopathic College of Australasia (COCA) and the European Academy of Chiropractic (EAC) to publish Chiropract...
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Open AccessHow to proceed when evidence-based practice is required but very little evidence available?
All clinicians of today know that scientific evidence is the base on which clinical practice should rest. However, this is not always easy, in particular in those disciplines, where the evidence is scarce. Alt...
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Open AccessA survey of Australian chiropractors’ attitudes and beliefs about evidence-based practice and their use of research literature and clinical practice guidelines
Research into chiropractors’ use of evidence in clinical practice appears limited to a single small qualitative study. The paucity of research in this area suggests that it is timely to undertake a more extens...
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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...
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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 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 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 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 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...
