Introduction While the placebo effect is increasingly recognised as a contributor to treatment
effects in clinical practice, the nocebo and other undesirable effects are less well explored …

Pragmatic randomised clinical trials aim to directly inform clinical or health policy decision
making. Here, we systematically review methods and design of pragmatic trials of pain …

Objective: To develop an evidence-based clinical practice guideline (CPG) through a broad-
based consensus process on best practices for chiropractic management of patients with …

Many questions regarding the clinical management of people experiencing pain and related
health policy decision-making may best be answered by pragmatic controlled trials. To …

Background Low back pain (LBP) is a global public health challenge, which causes high
healthcare costs and the highest burden on society in terms of years lived with disability …

Objective To evaluate the existing body of trials assessing manual therapy for low back pain
(LBP) to determine where it falls on the efficacyeffectiveness continuum. Design …

Introduction In order for study results to be relevant for practice, the study participants should
represent the source population. A common problem is recruitment of sufficient and …

Objectives There is no current detailed profile of people seeking chiropractic care in
Canada. We describe the profiles of chiropractors' practice and the reasons, nature of the …

The application of touch as medicine is depicted in hieroglyphics from the 2200s BCE on
walls of the tomb of Ankhmahor in Egypt. Techniques recognizable as massage are …

The concern over x-ray exposure risks can overshadow the potential benefit of radiography,
especially in cases where manual therapy is employed. Spinal malalignment cannot be …