Index to Chiropractic Literature
Index to Chiropractic Literature
My ICL     Sign In
Thursday, April 24, 2025
Index to Chiropractic LiteratureIndex to Chiropractic LiteratureIndex to Chiropractic Literature
Share:


For best results switch to Advanced Search.
Article Detail
 Return to Search Results
ID 25685
  Title The chiropractic vertebral subluxation Part 7: Technics and models from 1962 to 1980
URL https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6472280/
Journal J Chiropr Humanit. 2018 Dec;25():99-113
Author(s)
Subject(s)
Peer Review Yes
Publication Type Article
Abstract/Notes

Objective: The purpose of this paper is to review and discuss the history of chiropractic vertebral subluxation (CVS) theories and models between 1962 and 1980.

Discussion: This period was marked by several innovative texts from Weiant, Homewood, and Harper, and Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College’s Segmental Neuropathy. Technique developers during this period increased the complexity of models from upper cervical to full spine. The textbooks built upon previous theories, the scientific literature, work by Speransky, and instrumentation research. The texts influenced decades of research and theory. Weiant’s book surveyed the medical and scientific literature on CVS. Harper integrated modern neurophysiology with D. D. Palmer’s theories integrated with other chiropractic models based on research such as Weiant’s photoelectric instrumentation. Homewood’s book integrated Selye, Speransky, Verner, and several other models, which led to his neurodynamic model of CVS. Segmental Neuropathy was a completely new innovation of chiropractic theory with neurophysiology. Collaboration among authors developed into several new models. Chiropractic vertebral subluxation was viewed as a global neurological phenomenon and a neurodystrophic process. Technique models from Goodheart, Nimmo, Toftness, Ward, Gonstead, Grostic, Gregory, and Pierce laid the foundation for modern practices.

Conclusion: The CVS theories during this period were complex and almost unrecognizable from previous theories. The inclusion of every major theory laid the foundation for this period’s wide set of models, research, and methods. 

Author keywords: Chiropractic; History

Author affiliation: School of Health and Human Sciences, Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia

This abstract is reproduced with the permission of the publisher. Click on the above link for free full text.  PDF Version   PubMed Record

 
   Text (Citation) Tagged (Export) Excel
 
Email To
Subject
 Message
Format
HTML Text     Excel



To use this feature you must register a personal account in My ICL. Registration is free! In My ICL you can save your ICL searches in My Searches, and you can save search results in My Collections. Be sure to use the Held Citations feature to collect citations from an entire search session. Read more search tips.

Sign Into Existing My ICL Account    |    Register A New My ICL Account
Search Tips
  • Enclose phrases in "quotation marks".  Examples: "low back pain", "evidence-based"
  • Retrieve all forms of a word with an "asterisk*", also called a wildcard or truncation.  Example: "chiropract*" retrieves chiropractic, chiropractor, chiropractors
  • Register an account in My ICL to save search histories (My Searches) and collections of records (My Collections)
Advanced Search Tips

:)