Chiropractic Research

Chiropractic Facts - Numerous studies have shown that chiropractic treatment is both safe and effective. The following are excerpts from a few of the more recent studies:

“Patients with chronic low-back pain treated by chiropractors showed greater improvement and satisfaction at one month than patients treated by family physicians. A higher proportion of chiropractic patients (56 vs. 13 percent) reported that their low-back pain was better or much better, whereas nearly one-third of medical patients reported their low-back pain was worse or much worse.”
-Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics. Nyiedo et al. (2000)


In a Randomized controlled trial, 183 patients with neck pain were randomly allocated to manual therapy (spinal mobilization), physiotherapy (mainly exercise) or general practitioner care (counseling, education and drugs) in a 52-week study. The clinical outcomes measures showed that manual therapy resulted in faster recovery than physiotherapy and general practitioner care.
-British Medical Journal, Korthals-de Bos et al. (2003)

“In our randomized controlled trial, we compared the effectiveness of manual therapy, physical therapy, and continued care by a general practitioner in patients with nonspecific neck pain. The success rate at seven weeks was twice as high for the manual therapy group (68.3 percent) as for the continued care group (general practitioner). Manual therapy scored better than physical therapy on all outcome measures.”
-Annals of Internal Medicine, Hoving et al. (2002)

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. Penzien, Hassellblad, 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 amitriptlyline therapy, who reverted to baseline values.”
-Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, Boline et al. (1995)

“Chiropractic patients were found to be more satisfied with their back care providers after four weeks of treatment than were medical patients. Additionally, studies conclude that patients are more satisfied with chiropractic care than they were with physical therapy after six weeks.”

-American Journal of Public Health, Hertzman-Miller et al. (2002) This follow up trial conducted in 1995, again funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC), confirmed the findings of the earlier report - "patients with chronic or severe low back pain treated by chiropractors derive more benefit and long term satisfaction than those treated by hospital out patient management".

- Meade et al (1995) Randomised comparison of chiropractic and hospital outpatient treatment for low back pain: results from extended follow up. BMJ 311; 349-351.

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