Spinal manipulation for primary and secondary dysmenorrhoea (Cochrane Review)
Read the original article Concludes that "overall there is no evidence to suggest that spinal manipulation is effective in the treatment of primary and secondary dysmenorrhoea".
View ArticleThe value of chiropractic
Read the original article Edzard Ernst, MD,PhD, FRCP, FRCPEd, Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies [FACT] (June 2005) [NOTE: In a letter to the Editor of the Health Service Journal on 26th...
View ArticleSpinal manipulation for asthma: A systematic review of randomised clinical...
Read the original article "None of the studies showed that real manipulation was more effective than sham-manipulation in improving lung function or subjective symptoms. It is concluded that, according...
View ArticleChiropractic for otitis?
Read the original article "Previous research has shown that professional chiropractic organisations 'make claims for the clinical art of chiropractic that are not currently available scientific...
View ArticleChiropractic spinal manipulation for infant colic: a systematic review of...
Read the original article "Some chiropractors claim that spinal manipulation is an effective treatment for infant colic. This systematic review was aimed at evaluating the evidence for this claim. Four...
View ArticleChiropractic for fibromyalgia: a tale of two systematic reviews
Read the original article “Within only a few months, two systematic reviews on the above subject were published [Schneider M, Vernon H, Ko G et al. Chiropractic management of fibromyalgia syndrome: a...
View ArticleManipulation or mobilisation for neck pain (Cochrane Review)
Read the original article Update of Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2004;(1):CD004249 AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS: Cervical manipulation and mobilisation produced similar changes. Either may provide immediate -...
View ArticleA Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Manipulation With Mobilization for...
Read the original article CONCLUSIONS: Neck manipulation is not appreciably more effective than mobilization. The use of neck manipulation therefore cannot be justified on the basis of superior...
View ArticleFrom cradle to grave?
Read the original article “…the notion that regular chiropractic treatments maintain patients at their optimal level and prevent illness is still a widespread concept in chiropractic. Thousands of...
View ArticleSomatic dysfunction and the phenomenon of visceral disease simulation: a...
Read the original article “The proper differential diagnosis of somatic vs. visceral dysfunction represents a challenge for both the medical and chiropractic physician. The afferent convergence...
View ArticleChiropractic treatment for gastrointestinal problems: a systematic review of...
Read the original article Conclusion: “There is no supportive evidence that chiropractic is an effective treatment for gastrointestinal disorders.” Edzard Ernst, Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology...
View ArticleCombined chiropractic interventions for low-back pain
Read the original article “Combined chiropractic interventions slightly improved pain and disability in the short-term and pain in the medium-term for acute and subacute LBP. However, there is...
View ArticleSpinal manipulative therapy for chronic low-back pain
Read the original article “High quality evidence suggests that there is no clinically relevant difference between SMT and other interventions for reducing pain and improving function in patients with...
View ArticleChiropractic care: no evidence it provides "clinically meaningful difference...
Read the original article “NICE recently sanctioned chiropractic and osteopathy for recurrent back pain. The positive verdict was subsequently harshly criticised. Two new Cochrane reviews might now...
View ArticleThe McKenzie method compared with manipulation when used adjunctive to...
Read the original article Conclusion. In patients with low back pain for more than six weeks presenting with centralization or peripheralization of symptoms, we found the McKenzie method to be slightly...
View ArticleSystematic Reviews of Spinal Manipulations for Headaches: An Attempt to Clear...
Read the original article “We conclude that high-quality systematic reviews with a clear focus are required before the value of SM for headaches can be defined.” Posadzki P, Ernst E. Headache. (31st...
View ArticleSpinal manipulations for the treatment of migraine: A systematic review of...
Read the original article Conclusions: Current evidence does not support the use of spinal manipulations for the treatment for migraine headaches. Posadzki P, Ernst E. Cephalalgia. (21st April 2011)
View ArticleSpinal Manipulations for Cervicogenic Headaches: A Systematic Review of...
Read the original article “The objective of this systematic review was to assess the effectiveness of spinal manipulations as a treatment option for cervicogenic headaches…There are few rigorous RCTs...
View ArticleAn independent review of NCCAM-funded studies of chiropractic
Read the original article Ten studies had tested chiropractic spinal manipulation. Only one had a positive outcome, and all of the studies were poorly designed and/or improperly reported. Because the...
View ArticleSpinal manipulation: an update of a systematic review of systematic reviews
Read the original article “The aim of this update is to critically evaluate the evidence for or against the effectiveness of spinal manipulation in patients with any type of clinical...
View ArticleA randomised controlled trial of preventive spinal manipulation with and...
Read the original article Results showed that preventative spinal manipulation was no better than regularly discussing the neck problem. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (February 2011)
View ArticleChiropractic manipulation, with a deliberate “double entendre”
Read the original article “…the best evidence available to date fails to demonstrate clinically relevant benefits of chiropractic for paediatric patients, and some evidence even suggests that...
View ArticleSpinal Manipulation, Medication, or Home Exercise With Advice for Acute and...
Read the original article Critical comments on the study conducted by Gert Bronfort (DC), Roni Evans (DC), Alfred V. Anderson (DC), Kenneth H. Svendsen, Yiscah Bracha, and Richard H. Grimm (Ann Intern...
View ArticleDiagnosis and treatment of acute low back pain
Read the original article “Although there are numerous treatments for nonspecific acute low back pain, most have little evidence of benefit…Spinal manipulation and chiropractic techniques are no more...
View ArticleChiropractic for the prevention and/or treatment of sports injuries: a...
Read the original article “…the therapeutic value of this approach for athletes remains uncertain.” Edzard Ernst and Paul Posadzki, Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies [FACT] (March 2012)
View ArticleSpinal manipulative therapy for acute low-back pain: update of the earlier...
Read the original article Conclusions: "SMT [Spinal Manipulative Therapy] is no more effective in participants with acute low-back pain than inert interventions, sham SMT, or when added to another...
View ArticleReview questions spinal manipulative therapy
Read the original article FEBRUARY 2013: A comprehensive review has concluded that spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) is no more effective for acute low back pain than inert interventions, sham SMT, or...
View ArticleNon-surgical treatment (other than steroid injection) for carpal tunnel...
Read the original article Specifically states that trials so far have not shown benefit from chiropractic. OTHER PAPERS:
View ArticleAssessment of diclofenac or spinal manipulative therapy, or both, in addition...
Read the original article Interpretation: "Patients with acute low back pain receiving recommended first-line care do not recover more quickly with the addition of diclofenac or spinal manipulative...
View ArticleA systematic review of systematic reviews of spinal manipulation
Read the original article Concludes that there is no convincing evidence to suggest that spinal manipulation is a recommendable treatment option for any medical condition. E. Ernst and P. H. Canter,...
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