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January 2007, Vol. 17, No. 1
Table of Contents
• Are You Busy Selling Chiropractic or Correcting Subluxations
• BJ's House Needs Repairs • Another Look At Cell Phones
• Chiropractic R.I.P. • Colloca and CBP Nonprofit Study Wins Best Paper Award • Help Us Locate Allen Botnick • Letters to the Editor
• Michigan Chiropractic Society Sees Evidence of Growing Need For Chiropractic • Meeting With Success • A New Look At Mirror Image Exercise • Mourning The Loss Of Tony Keller • Past Present and Future In Chiropractic • Posture Study By UQTR Researchers and CBP® Published by JCO • PostureRay™, PosturePrint™ Helping Doctors Help Patients
• The Importance of A Clinically Relevant Presentation of Findings
• It's Pauls Opinion • Research Corner • Scoliosis: SpineCor Brace
• Triano and CCGPP's Will Give You Six Visits
• Clinical Indications for Videoflouroscopy
• Western States Chiropractic College Receives NIH Grant •
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Western States Chiropractic College Received NIH Grant
Reprinted with permission from the WSCC Vision
On September 1, 2006, Western States Chiropractic College received one of the largest federal grants, $2.8 million, in the history of chiropractic. The grant was awarded by the National Institutes of Health to investigate ideal chiropractic care for low back pain. The study will be the first large, randomized, controlled trial to evaluate the optimal number of visits to a chiropractic physician. It is important in that it will inform patients, caregivers, policymakers, and payers about optimal care and the quantity of care that insurance companies should be expected to cover.
Western States Chiropractic College’s Dean of Research, Dr. Mitchell Haas, is the principal investigator of this study involving ten local chiropractors and 400 volunteers. Over the five year trial, participants will be randomized to four treatment groups (100/group). All participants will attend 18 sessions with a chiropractor, three visits per week for six weeks. All participants will receive care at each visit, including spinal manipulation, massage therapy, ultrasound, and preparatory hot pack. The dose level of these treatment options will vary across study groups.
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