RESEARCH

What Research Shows About Chiropractic
Evidence for the Effectiveness Of Chiropractic

Numerous studies throughout the world have shown that chiropractic treatment, including manipulative therapy and spinal adjustment, are both safe and effective. The following are excerpts from a few of the more recent studies:


For Acute Low-Back Problems:
"For patients with acute low-back symptoms without radiculopathy, the scientific evidence suggests spinal manipulation is effective in reducing pain and perhaps speeding recovery within the first month of symptoms." Clinical Practice Guidelines, AHCPR (1994)

For Long-term:
"…improvement in all patients at three years was about 29% more in those treated by chiropractors than in those treated by the hospitals. The beneficial effect of chiropractic on pain was particularly clear." British Medical Journal, Meade et al. (1995)

For Pain:
"…patients suffering from back and/or neck complaints experience chiropractic care as an effective means of resolving or ameliorating pain and functional impairments, thus reinforcing previous results showing the benefits of chiropractic treatment for back and neck pain." Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, Verhoef et al (1997)

For Headaches:
"The results of this study show that spinal manipulative therapy is an effective treatment for tension headaches."
"Four weeks after cessation of treatment…the patients who received spinal manipulative therapy experienced a sustained therapeutic benefit in all major outcomes in contrast to the patients that received amitriptyline therapy, who reverted to baseline values." Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, Boline et al.(1995)

For Elderly:
"(Elderly) chiropractic users were less likely to have been hospitalized, less likely to have used a nursing home, more likely to report a better health status, more likely to exercise vigorously, and more likely to be mobile in the community. In addition, they were less likely to use prescription drugs." Topics in Clinical Chiropractic, Coulter et al. (1996)

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