ArticleBrain sciences2024
Neuroplastic Responses to Chiropractic Care: Broad Impacts on Pain, Mood, Sleep, and Quality of Life.
Article in Brain sciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Neck proprioception and mobility improved after upper neck and spine treatment: a randomized controlled trial.Experimental brain research · 2026Trial
- Chiropractic Care Is Associated with Frequency-Specific Reorganisation of Triple-Network Brain Dynamics: A Source-Localised EEG Study.Brain sciences · 2026Article
- NeuroStat: An Open-Source EEG Connectivity Platform for Randomised Controlled Trials.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Effect of Chiropractic Care on Auditory Attention in Healthy Individuals: An Analysis of the P300 Event-Related Potentials Component.The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS · 2026Article
- Rehabilitation effects of combined respiratory guidance and chiropractic adjustment on adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis.American journal of translational research · 2026Article
- Technologies to investigate the mechanisms of force-based manipulations: a narrative methods review.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Neuromuscular Response to High-Velocity, Low-Amplitude Spinal Manipulation-An Overview.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Review
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Abstract
objectivesThis study aimed to elucidate the mechanisms of chiropractic care using resting electroencephalography (EEG), somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs), clinical health assessments (Fitbit), and Patient-reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS-29).
methodsSeventy-six people with chronic low back pain (mean age ± SD: 45 ± 11 years, 33 female) were randomised into control (
resultsSpectral analysis of resting EEG showed a significant increase in Theta, Alpha and Beta, and a significant decrease in Delta power in the chiropractic group post intervention. Source localisation revealed a significant increase in Alpha activity within the Default Mode Network (DMN) post intervention and post 4 weeks. A significant decrease in N30 SEP peak amplitude post intervention and post 4 weeks was found in the chiropractic group. Source localisation demonstrated significant changes in Alpha and Beta power within the DMN post-intervention and post 4 weeks. Significant improvements in light sleep stage were observed in the chiropractic group along with enhanced overall quality of life post 4 weeks, including significant reductions in anxiety, depression, fatigue, and pain.
conclusionsThese findings indicate that many health benefits of chiropractic care are due to altered brain activity.
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