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Chiropractic manipulation in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: a pilot study

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Title
Chiropractic manipulation in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: a pilot study
Published in
Chiropractic & Manual Therapies, August 2006
DOI 10.1186/1746-1340-14-15
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Dale E Rowe, Ronald J Feise, Edward R Crowther, Jaroslaw P Grod, J Michael Menke, Charles H Goldsmith, Michael R Stoline, Thomas A Souza, Brandon Kambach

Abstract

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) remains the most common deforming orthopedic condition in children. Increasingly, both adults and children are seeking complementary and alternative therapy, including chiropractic treatment, for a wide variety of health concerns. The scientific evidence supporting the use chiropractic intervention is inadequate. The purpose of this study was to conduct a pilot study and explore issues of safety, patient recruitment and compliance, treatment standardization, sham treatment refinement, inter-professional cooperation, quality assurance, and outcome measure selection.

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United Kingdom 1 <1%
Netherlands 1 <1%
Unknown 108 98%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 20 18%
Student > Bachelor 15 14%
Researcher 12 11%
Other 8 7%
Student > Postgraduate 7 6%
Other 28 25%
Unknown 20 18%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 56 51%
Nursing and Health Professions 13 12%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 3%
Neuroscience 3 3%
Engineering 3 3%
Other 9 8%
Unknown 23 21%