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July 2006, Vol. 16, No. 3
Table of Contents
Autism and Glutathione • CBP® Nonprofit has 24 publications in 12 months • CBP® Research Presented at the International Spine Conference in Norway • CBP® to File Lawsuit Against Quackwatch • CCE Weathers the Storm • Chiropractic Culture • Dr Don Harrison is ICA's Chiropractor of the Year • Dr Jim Gudgel to Co-Instruct With Neuromechanical Innovations • Dr Deed Harrison Speaks at Palmer West • Experimental or Medical Necessity • Fine Tune Patient Communication • From Screening to the Value of Proper Posture • ICA at the Table • ICA's Newly Elected Board Members • Instrument Adjusting's Mechanical Advantage • It's Don's Opinion • Letters to the Editor • My New Whiplash Text is Available • Patient Expectation and Retention • Principles, Ethics and Other Bygone Ideals • Problematic Decision Spectrum • Research Corner • Triano and CCGPP's Will Give You Six Visits
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CBP® Non-profit Research Presented at International Spine Conference in Norway
EVANSTON, WY - CBP® Non-profit, Inc. had two of its funded research studies presented at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS) held in Bergen, Norway in June of this year.
One of the studies represents basic science research into the mechanisms of spinal manipulation resulting from an ongoing collaboration spearheaded by Phoenix, Arizona-based chiropractor, Dr. Chris Colloca at the Institute for Medical and Veterinary Science (IMVS) in Adelaide, Australia. This research culminates a multi-discliplinary alliance over the past three years with pathologist, Dr. Robert Moore, director for the Adelaide Center for Spinal Research, affiliated at the IMVS. Teaming up with Dr. Moore, Dr. Colloca together with CBP® Non-profit’s Dr. Deed Harrsion, Belgian Spine Surgeon, Dr. Robert Gunzburg, and Biomechanist, Dr. Tony Keller have convened in Australia on four occasions over the past three years to collect data for a variety of aims ranging from studying vertebral motions to different forces and speeds, to neurophysiological and biomechanical differences among normal and degenerated intervertebral discs.
The study presented at ISSLS, Neuromuscular and vertebral motion responses are reduced by intervertebral disc degeneration, reported significant decreases in vertebral motions among degenerated discs, and a decreased stabilizing ability of the back musculature. The researchers believe that these types of basic science investigations will help to develop better treatment strategies in patients.
The other CBP® Non-profit supported study presented at this years ISSLS Conference was entitled, Validation of a computer analysis to determine 3-D rotations and translations of the rib cage in upright posture from three 2-D digital images. This work is formulated from research aimed to determine the methodology to use A-P and Lateral photographs of patients to quantify 3-D postural displacements in assessing patients. Common posture analyzers measure human posture as displacements from a plumb line, while the PosturePrint® claims to measure head, rib cage, and pelvic postures as rotations and translations. In this study, it was decided to evaluate the validity of the PosturePrint® Internet computer system’s analysis of thoracic cage postures.
In a university biomechanics laboratory, photographs of a mannequin thoracic cage were obtained in different postures on a stand in front of a digital camera. The mannequin thoracic cage was placed in 68 different single and combined postures (requiring 204 photographs) in five degrees of freedom: lateral translation (Tx), lateral flexion (Rz), axial rotation (Ry), flexion-extension (Rx), and anterior-posterior translation (Tz). Average absolute value errors were obtained by comparing the exact inputted posture to the PosturePrint® computed values and was found to be sufficiently accurate in measuring thoracic cage postures in five degrees of freedom on a mannequin indicating the need for a further study on human subjects. The study is scheduled for publication in the European Spine Journal in 2006.
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