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Yearly Archives: 2020

Experiences With Chiropractic Care for Patients

By |December 14, 2020|Uncategorized|

Experiences With Chiropractic Care for Patients With Low Back or Neck Pain

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SOURCE:   J Patient Exp 2020 Jun;   7 (3):   357–364

Ron D Hays, PhD, Cathy D Sherbourne, PhD, Karen L Spritzer, BS, Lara G Hilton, PhD, MPH,
Gery W Ryan, PhD, Ian D Coulter, PhD, and Patricia M Herman, ND, PhD

Division of General Internal Medicine & Health Services Research,
UCLA Department of Medicine,
Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Background:   Musculoskeletal disorders are the second leading cause of disability worldwide.

Objective:   Examine experiences of chiropractic patients in the United States with chronic low back or neck pain.

Method: &nbsp Observational study of 1853 chronic low back pain and neck pain patients (74% female) who completed an online questionnaire at the 3-month follow-up that included Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) items assessing their experiences with care.

Results:   We found similar reports of communication for the chiropractic sample and patients in the 2016 CAHPS National Database, but 85% in the database versus 79% in the chiropractic sample gave the most positive response to the time spent with provider item. More patients in the CAHPS database rated their provider at the top of the scale (8 percentage points). More chiropractic patients reported always getting answers to questions the same day (16 percentage points) and always being seen within 15 minutes of their appointment time (29 percentage points).

Conclusions:   The positive experiences of patients with chronic back and neck pain are supportive of their use of chiropractic care.

There are more articles like this @ our:

CHRONIC NECK PAIN Section and our

LOW BACK PAIN Section

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Neck Pain Patterns and Subgrouping

By |December 6, 2020|Chronic Neck Pain|

Neck Pain Patterns and Subgrouping Based on Weekly SMS-derived Trajectories

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SOURCE:   BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2020 (Oct 14)

P. Irgens, A. Kongsted, B. L. Myhrvold, K. Waagan, K. B. Engebretsen, B. Natvig, N. K. Vøllestad, and H. S. Robinson

Department of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences,
Institute of Health and Society,
University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1089,
Blindern, 0317, Oslo, Norway.

 

Background: Neck and low back pain represent dynamic conditions that change over time, often with an initial improvement after the onset of a new episode, followed by flare-ups or variations in intensity. Pain trajectories were previously defined based on longitudinal studies of temporal patterns and pain intensity of individuals with low back pain. In this study, we aimed to 1) investigate if the defined patterns and subgroups for low back pain were applicable to neck pain patients in chiropractic practice, 2) explore the robustness of the defined patterns, and 3) investigate if patients within the various patterns differ concerning characteristics and clinical findings.

Methods: Prospective cohort study including 1208 neck pain patients from chiropractic practice. Patients responded to weekly SMS-questions about pain intensity and frequency over 43 weeks. We categorized individual responses into four main patterns based on number of days with pain and variations in pain intensity, and subdivided each into four subgroups based on pain intensity, resulting in 16 trajectory subgroups. We compared baseline characteristics and clinical findings between patterns and between Persistent fluctuating and Episodic subgroups.

Results: All but two patients could be classified into one of the 16 subgroups, with 94% in the Persistent fluctuating or Episodic patterns.

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CHRONIC NECK PAIN Section

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Integrating a Multidisciplinary Pain Team

By |October 25, 2020|Integrative Care|

Integrating a Multidisciplinary Pain Team and Chiropractic Care in a Community Health Center

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SOURCE:   Journal of Primary Care & Community Health 2020 (Sep 10) ~ FULL TEXT

Christopher Prater 1, Melissa Tepe 2, Patrick Battaglia 3

Affiliations
1.   Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.

2.   Affinia Healthcare, St. Louis, MO, USA.

3.   Logan University, Chesterfield, MO, USA.

Background:   Chronic spinal pain is one of the most common diseases in the United States. Underserved patients are most affected, and disproportionately may use opioid medications as they lack access to other therapies. It is therefore important to develop systems to treat spinal pain within the primary medical home.

Methods:   We designed a prospective observational pilot study at a community health center to measure the effectiveness of two interventions among an underserved population: a multidisciplinary pain team and chiropractic care. Study outcomes were pain and functional disability measured by the Pain Disability Questionnaire (PDQ), and reduction of opioid dose at baseline and 6–12 months. Multivariate linear regression was used to determine associating factors for change in PDQ scores.

Results:   Thirty-five individuals completed baseline and follow-up PDQs from August 2018 to May 2020. Overall, the mean baseline PDQ was 92.4 +/– 6.1 and the mean follow-up PDQ was 81.9 +/– 7.7, resulting in a mean improvement of 10.6 (95% CI 1.2 – –22.3, P = .08). Participants in the chiropractic team (mean change –25.0, P = .01) and those completing the study before COVID-19 (mean change = –22.6, P < .01) were found to have significantly greater improvement at follow-up.

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SPINAL PAIN MANAGEMENT page

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Chiropractic Turns 125 Today!

By |September 18, 2020|Announcement|

Chiropractic Turns 125 Today!

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SOURCE:   Palmer College

Come to where it all began!

Palmer College of Chiropractic will host the virtual 125th Founder’s Day Celebration today at 5:15 p.m. CDT (Friday, Sept. 18) on Palmer’s Facebook page.

Hear from Palmer College of Chiropractic Chancellor and CEO Dennis Marchiori, D.C., Ph.D.; and the great-granddaughter of D.D. Palmer himself, Vickie Anne Palmer; and also from some current students.

Then, join in a toast to the profession with chiropractic leaders from around the world.

Make sure to click the (more…) link (see it below) to see a humorous picture of the young David Palmer and a friend, practicing their technique at age 8.

One of the school mottos is:

Palmer is to chiropractic
what sterling is to silver


D.D. Palmer, the Father of Chiropractic


B.J. Palmer, the Developer of Chiropractic

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Effects of Chiropractic Care on Strength, Balance, and Endurance in Active-Duty U.S. Military Personnel with Low Back Pain

By |July 30, 2020|Low Back Pain, Veterans|

Effects of Chiropractic Care on Strength, Balance, and Endurance in Active-Duty U.S. Military Personnel with Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial

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SOURCE:   J Altern Complement Med 2020 (Jul)

Robert Vining, Cynthia R. Long, Amy Minkalis, M. Ram Gudavalli, Ting Xia, Joan Walter, Ian Coulter, and Christine M. Goertz

Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research,
Palmer College of Chiropractic,
Davenport, IA, USA.

Objectives:   To investigate whether chiropractic care influences strength, balance, and/or endurance in active-duty United States military personnel with low back pain (LBP).

Design:   This study employed a prospective randomized controlled trial using a pragmatic treatment approach. Participants were randomly allocated to 4 weeks of chiropractic care or to a wait-list control. Interventions: Chiropractic care consisted of spinal manipulation, education, advice, and reassurance.

Settings/Location:   Naval Air Technical Training Center branch clinic at the Naval Hospital Pensacola Florida.

Subjects:   One hundred ten active-duty military personnel 18-40 years of age with self-reported LBP.

Outcome measures:   Isometric pulling strength from a semisquat position was the primary outcome. Secondary outcomes were single-leg balance with eyes open and eyes closed, and trunk muscle endurance using the Biering-Sorensen test. Patient-reported outcomes such as pain severity and disability were also measured. Outcomes were measured at baseline and 4 weeks. Linear mixed-effects regression models over baseline and 4 weeks were used for analysis.

Results:   Participants had mean age of 30 years (18-40), 17% were female, 33% were non-white, and 86% reported chronic LBP.

There are more articles like this @ our:

LOW BACK PAIN page and the:

CHIROPRACTIC CARE FOR VETERANS page

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Changes Are Afoot

By |July 29, 2020|Announcement|

Changes Are Afoot

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SOURCE:   Chiro.Org Editorial

When I first started compiling materials on Chiro.Org, I added materials to the LINKS section, where I got my start.

Over time, when enough material was compiled on a particular topic, I created a Topical Page to house them. As of today, the LINKS contains 95 different Topical pages.

My mentor Mark Street cobbled together a Search Tool that we configured to search within a specific section, rather than the whole website, so that it was easier (and faster) to find specific materials.

Finally, our 2 biggest Sections (the LINKS and the Research sections) became so big that Marks search tools took too long to scroll through all those materials.

So I have just created 6 new “sections” to house the largest topical collections, and they now have their own search tools. Because of that, all the other Sectional Search Tools are operating much more quickly.

Here’s what was created:

The LINKS section gave birth to 4 new sections:

And research gave birth to 2 new Sections;

So why not drop by our Search Section and enjoy reviewing any specific topics you may be interested in?

You may also want to re-visit our LINKS Section and our Research section, because they both point to our vast collection of Topical pages.


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