Chiropractic Care Reduces Costs and Re Occurrence of Low Back Pain

Dose-response for chiropractic care of chronic low back pain.

BACKGROUND CONTEXT There have been no trials of optimal chiropractic care in terms of number of office visits for spinal manipulation and other therapeutic modalities. PURPOSE To conduct a pilot study to make preliminary identification of the effects of number of chiropractic treatment visits for manipulation with and without physical modalities (PM) on chronic low back pain and disability. ...

Why not everyone with low back pain chooses chiropractic care.

Introduction It has been estimated that low back pain (LBP) will affect 84% of the general adult population at some point in their life, with 49% reporting some LBP in the previous 6 months, 23% suffering from chronic LBP, and 11% experiencing physical impairment due to LBP.1,2 Numerous therapies are available for LBP from a variety of clinicians, including primary care providers (PCPs), pain m...

Clinical Practice Guideline: Chiropractic Care for Low Back Pain.

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this article is to provide an update of a previously published evidence-based practice guideline on chiropractic management of low back pain. METHODS This project updated and combined 3 previous guidelines. A systematic review of articles published between October 2009 through February 2014 was conducted to update the literature published since the previous Council on...

Outcomes and costs of care for acute low back pain.

Combined chiropractic interventions for low-back pain.

BACKGROUND Chiropractors commonly use a combination of interventions to treat people with low-back pain (LBP). OBJECTIVES To determine the effects of combined chiropractic interventions (that is, a combination of therapies, other than spinal manipulation alone) on pain, disability, back-related function, overall improvement, and patient satisfaction in adults with LBP, aged 18 and older. SE...