ChiroSH Online

ChiroSH (Chiropractic Subject Headings) is a controlled vocabulary created by members of the Chiropractic Library Collaboration, an organization affiliated with the Association of Chiropractic Colleges. ChiroSH is used by the Index to Chiropractic Literature’s indexers, and by catalogers in health sciences libraries. This online version (under development) is an innovation we hope will be widely used by students, chiropractors and researchers. The first edition of ChiroSH was released in 1984 and the seventh edition is currently in production.

• Read about the history of ChiroSH: Hardy SB. Analyzing a unique controlled vocabulary: Chiropractic subject headings [ChiroSH] – Past, present and future. Chiropr Hist. 2014 Summer;34(1):21-27. ICL record
• Kempke A, Boni BA. Chiropractic Subject Headings 6th ed. Chiropractic Library Collaboration, 2009.

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Dysfunction of a nerve root that can cause pain, numbness, or tingling throughout the nerve, or at the end of it.

Developed by Clarence E. Reaver, D.C.
See also: Full Spine Techniques

Also known as: Nimmo Technique

Developed by Raymond Nimmo, D.C.
See also: Full Spine Techniques

Techniques used to examine or treat the patient by testing muscle resistance or weakness. Weak or resistant muscles in one area of the body point to dysfunction in another area of the body.
See also: B.E.S.T. Technique, Contact Reflex Analysis, Directional Non-Force Technique, Focalizer Spinal Recoil Stimulus Reflex Effector Technique, Network Spinal Analysis

Also known as: Neurolymphatic Reflex

Neurologic reflexes associated with poor lymphatic circulation. (Based on the MeSH term Reflex, Abnormal.)
See also: Neuro Lymphatic Reflex Technique, Kinesiology, Applied [MeSH]

Also known as: Somatovisceral Reflex

Dysfunction or treatment at the surface of the body that is reflexively carried to the viscera. (Based on the MeSH term Reflex, Abnormal.)
See also: Chiropractic Manipulative Reflex Technique, Reflex, Viscerosomatic

Also known as: Spinal Reflex

Any reflex that travels through the spinal cord without direct participation of the brain or brain stem and results in an involuntary physical movement; for example, a knee jerk or ankle jerk. (Based on the MeSH term Reflex, Abnormal.)

Also known as: Viscerosomatic Reflex

Dysfunction of the viscera that is reflexively expressed as dysfunction of the somatic structure. (Based on the MeSH term Reflex, Abnormal.)
See also: Chiropractic Manipulative Reflex Technique, Reflex, Somatovisceral

A massage technique in which pressure is applied to specific spots on the feet to stimulate corresponding areas in other parts of the body. [PMID 26587391]
See also: Zone Therapy

Developed by Otto C. Reinert, D.C., at Logan College of Chiropractic.

Also known as: Riddler’s Reflexes

Developed by Robert Riddler, D.C.
See also: Reflex Techniques, Kinesiology, Applied [MeSH]