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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 Low-Back Problems:
"There is strong evidence that manipulation is more effective than
a placebo treatment for chronic low-back pain or than usual care by
the general practitioner, bed rest, analgesics and massage." -
Spine, Van Tulder and Bouter et al. (1997)
"...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)
"Manipulative
therapy and physiotherapy are better than general practitioner and placebo
treatment. Furthermore, manipulative therapy is slightly better than
physiotherapy after 12 months." - British Medical Journal, Koes
et al. (1992)
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
the management of low-back pain, chiropractic care is the most effective
treatment, and it should be fully integrated into the government's health
care system." - The Manga Report (1993)
For
Headaches:
"Cervical spine manipulation was associated with significant improvement
in headache outcomes in trials involving patients with neck pain and/or
neck dysfunction and headache." - Duke Evidence Report, McCrory,
Penzlen, Hasselblad, Gray (2001)
"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
the 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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