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THE RESEARCH & STUDIES
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A 1994 study published by the U.S. Agency
for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR)
and the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services endorses spinal manipulation for
acute low back pain in adults in its
Clinical Practice Guideline #14. |
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A 1992 article in the Journal of Family
Practice reported a study by D.C. Cherkin,
Ph.D., which compared patients of family
physicians and of chiropractors. The
article stated “the number of days of
disability for patients seen by family
physicians was significantly higher (mean
39.7) than for patients managed by
chiropractors (mean 10.8).” |
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A 1991 report on a workers’ compensation
study conducted in Oregon by Joanne Nyiendo,
Ph.D., concluded that the median time loss
days (per case) for comparable injuries was
9.0 for patients receiving treatment by a
doctor of chiropractic and 11.5 for
treatment by a medical doctor. |
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Following a 1993 study, researchers J. David
Cassidy, D.C. Haymo Thiel, D.C., M.S., and
W. Kirkaldy-Willis, M.D., of the Back Pain
Clinic at the Royal University Hospital in
Saskatchewan concluded that “the treatment
of lumbar intervetebral disk herniation by
a side posture manipulation is both safe and
effective.” |
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A 1978 study Conducted by J.S. Wight, D.C.,
and reported in the ACA Journal of
Chiropractic, indicated that 74.6% of
patients with recurring headaches, including
migraines, were either cured or experienced
reduced headache symptomatology after
receiving chiropractic manipulation. |
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A study conducted by T.W. Meade, a medical
doctor, and reported in the June 2, British
Medical Journal concluded after two years of
patient monitoring, “for patients with
low-back pain in whom manipulation is not
contraindicated, chiropractic almost
certainly confers worthwhile, long-term
benefit in comparison with hospital
outpatient management.” |
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A 1992 review of data from over 2,000,000
users of chiropractic care in the U.S.,
reported in the Journal of American Health
Policy, stated that “chiropractic users tend
to have substantially lower total health
care costs,” and “chiropractic care reduces
the use of both physician and hospital
care.” |
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In 1985 the University of Saskatchewan
conducted a study of 283 patients “who had
not responded to previous conservative or
operative treatment” and who were initially
classified as totally disabled. The study
revealed that 81% became symptom free or
achieved a stated of mild intermittent pain
with no work restrictions after daily spinal
manipulations were administered. |
