• Hartvigsen J
• French SD

• Affiliation / Macquarie University. Faculty of Science and Engineering. Department of Chiropractic
• Affiliation / University of Southern Denmark. Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics
• Affiliation / University of Southern Denmark. Nordic Institute of Chiropractic and Clinical Biomechanics
• Affiliation(G) / Australia / New South Wales / Sydney
• Affiliation(G) / Denmark / Odense
• Chiropractic / organization and administration
• Chiropractic / trends
• Open Access Document

This commentary brings the 2017–2019 thematic series What is Chiropractic? to a close. The 18 papers published in the series contribute to a better understanding of what chiropractic is, where chiropractors practice and function, who seeks their care, what chiropractors do, and how they interact with other healthcare professionals. Several papers in the series highlighted deeply rooted disagreements within chiropractic about fundamental issues pertaining to ideology, acceptance of scientific evidence as the basis for clinical practice and the future of chiropractic. If the chiropractic profession is to remain relevant in today’s evidence-based healthcare environment, there is an urgent for the profession to undertake further research to describe what chiropractic is, what chiropractors do, and provide evidence for the value of these activities to patients and healthcare decision makers.

Author keywords: Chiropractic; Debate; Disability; Education; X-ray

Author affiiliations: JH: Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark; JH, SDF: Nordic Institute of Chiropractic, Odense, Denmark; SDF: Department of Chiropractic, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Thematic series: What is chiropractic?

• So, what is chiropractic? Summary and reflections on a series of papers in Chiropractic and Manual Therapies
• Chiropractic maintenance care - what’s new? A systematic review of the literature
• The chiropractic workforce: a global review
• Chiropractic services in the active duty military setting: a scoping review
• The research crisis in American institutions of complementary and integrative health: one proposed solution for chiropractic profession
• The development of a global chiropractic rehabilitation competency framework by the World Federation of Chiropractic
• The shape of chiropractic in Europe: a cross sectional survey of chiropractor’s beliefs and practice
• Chiropractic, one big unhappy family: better together or apart?
• An observational study on trajectories and outcomes of chronic low back pain patients referred from a spine surgery division for chiropractic treatment
• Managing sickness absence of patients with musculoskeletal pain – a cross-sectional survey of Scandinavian chiropractors
• Current evidence for spinal X-ray use in the chiropractic profession: a narrative review
• Comparing the old to the new: A comparison of similarities and differences of the accreditation standards of the chiropractic council on education-international from 2010 to 2016
• The prevalence of the term subluxation in chiropractic degree program curricula throughout the world
• Be good, communicate, and collaborate: a qualitative analysis of stakeholder perspectives on adding a chiropractor to the multidisciplinary rehabilitation team
• Can chiropractors contribute to work disability prevention through sickness absence management for musculoskeletal disorders? - a comparative qualitative case study in the Scandinavian context
• Work-related acute physical injuries, chronic overuse complaints, and the psychosocial work environment in Danish primary care chiropractic practice – a cross-sectional study
• Leadership and capacity building in international chiropractic research: introducing the chiropractic academy for research leadership (CARL)
• The schism in chiropractic through the eyes of a 1st year chiropractic student
• The chiropractic profession: a scoping review of utilization rates, reasons for seeking care, patient profiles, and care provided
• What is chiropractic?