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Arthritis and Chiropractic: Whats the Evidence?
Arthritis and Chiropractic Care: is there any evidence for a Manual Functional Approach? Joseph J Ierano BSc DC BCAO Doctor of Chiropractic The literature, whilst relatively scarce regarding chiropractic and arthritis treatment, contains many studies that examine chiropractic care of the patient with arthritis and support the notion that all arthritides are not a…
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Research: NSAIDS for Sciatica
Sciatica: ok so how is this chemical stuff doing for sciatic leg pain??? THIS STUDY: EVIDENCE LACKING TO GUIDE ANALGESIC USE IN SCIATICA Chou R. Treating sciatica in the face of poor evidence. BMJ. 2012 Feb 13;344. Objective To investigate the efficacy and tolerability of analgesic and adjuvant pain drugs typically administered in…
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Case of the Week: kyphotic cervical spine
Dr Craig Moore and I collaborated on this case with AO and CBP to great affect, IMHO. AO= atlas orthogonal (upper cervical) CBP= chiropractic biophysics I hope you like it. This patient suffered long standing effects of an assault and his kyphosis was major. To be honest, until the traction was incorporated I held slim…
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Trigeminal Neuralgia pilot study
ierano TN poster is a downloadable poster presentation made for the World Federation of Chiropractic Congress in Sydney in 2005. The abstract appears in the poster. J. Ierano
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Children and Chiropractic Safety 2
THE SAFETY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF PEDIATRIC CHIROPRACTIC: A SURVEY OF CHIROPRACTORS AND PARENTS IN A PRACTICE-BASED RESEARCH NETWORK Joel Alcantara, BSc, DC,1,2# Jeanne Ohm, DC,1,3 and Derek Kunz, BS1 Background: With continued popularity of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies for children, their safety and effectiveness are of high concern for both CAM and conventional…
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Safety of Chiropractic for Children
THE JOURNAL OF ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE Volume 16, Number 6, 2010, pp. 621–626 a Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. DOI: 10.1089/acm.2009.0369 Abstract The Chiropractic Care of Children Joel Alcantara, D.C., Jeanne Ohm, D.C., and Derek Kunz, B.S. Objective: The objective of this study was to characterize the practice of pediatric chiropractic. Design: The study design…