ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2024
Chiropractic and Spinal Manipulation: A Review of Research Trends, Evidence Gaps, and Guideline Recommendations.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The association between team-based model of care characteristics and patient outcomes in community health centres: a systematic review.BMC primary care · 2026Pooled it
- Adverse events among older adults receiving chiropractic spinal manipulation and related treatments: an updated systematic review.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2026Pooled it
- The CHIRO-Force peer-assisted learning program for manual therapy education.The Journal of chiropractic education · 2026Article
- Chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy versus physical therapist-led exercise and the risk of cauda equina syndrome in adults with lumbar disc herniation, stenosis, or radiculopathy.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Efficacy of spinal manipulative therapy in older adults with chronic spinal conditions: an updated systematic review.The Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association · 2026Article
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- Spinal manipulative therapy promotes nucleus pulposus resorption and alleviates pain in a rat model of lumbar disc herniation via JNK-dependent regulation of inflammation and tissue remodeling.American journal of translational research · 2026Article
- Continuing education for the chiropractic profession: a cross-sectional study analyzing potential barriers to future chiropractic academic and research development.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2025Article
- Neuromuscular Response to High-Velocity, Low-Amplitude Spinal Manipulation-An Overview.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Review
- Observational Study of the Safety of Chiropractic vs Medical Care Among Older Adults With Neck Pain.Journal of manipulative and physiological therapeuticsObservational
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Abstract
Chiropractors diagnose and manage musculoskeletal disorders, commonly using spinal manipulative therapy (SMT). Over the past half-century, the chiropractic profession has seen increased utilization in the United States following Medicare authorization for payment of chiropractic SMT in 1972. We reviewed chiropractic research trends since that year and recent clinical practice guideline (CPG) recommendations regarding SMT. We searched Scopus for articles associated with chiropractic (spanning 1972-2024), analyzing publication trends and keywords, and searched PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science for CPGs addressing SMT use (spanning 2013-2024). We identified 6286 articles on chiropractic. The rate of publication trended upward. Keywords initially related to historical evolution, scope of practice, medicolegal, and regulatory aspects evolved to include randomized controlled trials and systematic reviews. We identified 33 CPGs, providing a total of 59 SMT-related recommendations. The recommendations primarily targeted low back pain (n = 21) and neck pain (n = 14); of these, 90% favored SMT for low back pain while 100% favored SMT for neck pain. Recent CPG recommendations favored SMT for tension-type and cervicogenic headaches. There has been substantial growth in the number and quality of chiropractic research articles over the past 50 years, resulting in multiple CPG recommendations favoring SMT. These findings reinforce the utility of SMT for spine-related disorders.
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