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Chiropractic as a profession
See also Chiropractic as a profession [articles]
- National Board of Chiropractic Examiners. Practice Analysis of Chiropractic 2020: A project report, survey analysis, and summary of the practice of chiropractic within the United States. Greeley CO: NBCE, 2020. [full content]
- National Board of Chiropractic Examiners. Practice Analysis of Chiropractic 2010; A project report, survey analysis, and summary of the practice of chiropractic within the United States. Greeley CO: NBCE, 2010. [full content]
- Gatterman MI. Chiropractic, Health Promotion, and Wellness. Sudbury MA: Jones and Bartlett, 2007. [limited preview]
- Green BN, Johnson C, Sportelli L. Opportunities in Chiropractic Careers. Chicago IL: VGM Career Books, 2004. [limited preview]
- Haneline MT. Evidence-based Chiropractic Practice. Sudbury MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2007. [limited preview]
- Leach RA. The Chiropractic Theories: A Textbook of Scientific Research. 4th ed. Baltimore MD: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2003. [limited preview]
Historical chiropractic books
Read more books on chiropractic from the Open Library.
- The Science of Chiropractic: Its Principles and Adjustments [by] Bartlett Joshua Palmer, Daniel David Palmer. 1906.
- A Text-Book on Chiropractic Symptomatology [by] James N. Firth. 1914.
- The Moral and Religious Duty of a Chiropractor [by] Daniel David Palmer. 1914.
- Technic and Practice of Chiropractic [by] Joy Maxwell Loban. 1915
- Anatomy. 4th edition [by] Mabel H. Palmer. 1920.
- Carver’s Chiropractic Analysis of Chiropractic Principles as Applied to Pathology, Relatology, Symptomology and Diagnosis [by] Willard Carver. 1921.
For the clinician/student
- Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health. Mattresses for Chronic Back or Neck Pain: A Review of the Clinical Effectiveness and Guidelines. Rapid Response Report: Summary with Critical Appraisal. Ottawa (ON): Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health; 2014.
- Chou R, Deyo R, Friedly J, et al. Noninvasive Treatments for Low Back Pain [Internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2016 Feb. (Comparative Effectiveness Reviews, No. 169.)
- Chou R, Hashimoto R, Friedly J, et al. Pain Management Injection Therapies for Low Back Pain. Technology Assessment Report. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2015.
- Choudhry N, Milstein A. Do Chiropractic Services for Low Back and Neck Pain Improve the Value of Health Benefits Plans? An Evidence-Based Assessment of Incremental Impact on Population Health and Total Health Care Spending. A report prepared for the Foundation for Chiropractic Progress (F4CP), October 12, 2009. San Francisco CA: Mercer, 2009. [Foundation for Chiropractic Progress]
- Chung M, Dahabreh IJ, Hadar N, et al. Emerging MRI Technologies for Imaging Musculoskeletal Disorders Under Loading Stress [Internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2011 Nov. (Comparative Effectiveness Technical Briefs, No. 7.)
- Côté P, Shearer H, Ameis A, Carroll L, Mior M, Nordin M and the OPTIMa Collaboration. Enabling Recovery from Common Traffic Injuries: A Focus on the Injured Person. Toronto: UOIT-CMCC Centre for the Study of Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation; January 31, 2015.
- Foster NE, Bishop A, Bartlam B, et al. Evaluating Acupuncture and Standard carE for pregnant women with Back pain (EASE Back): A feasibility study and pilot randomised trial. Southampton (UK): National Institute for Health Research Journals Library; 2016 April
- Furlan AD, Yazdi F, Tsertsvadze A, et al. Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Back Pain II. Evidence Reports/Technology Assessments, No. 194. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2010.
- Hammer WI. Functional Soft-Tissue Examination and Treatment by Manual Methods. 3d ed. Sudbury MA: Jones & Bartlett, 2007. [limited preview]
- Liebenson C. Rehabilitation of the Spine: A Practitioner’s Manual. 2d ed. Philadelphia PA: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2007. [limited preview]
- Little P, Stuart B, Stokes M, et al. Alexander technique and Supervised Physiotherapy Exercises in back paiN (ASPEN): A four-group randomised feasibility trial. Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation, No. 1.2 Southampton (UK): NIHR Journals Library; 2014.
- Magee DJ. Orthopedic Physical Assessment. 5th ed. St. Louis MO: Saunders Elsevier, 2008. [limited preview]
- Mootz RD, Vernon HT. Best Practices in Clinical Chiropractic. Topics in Clinical Chiropractic Series. Gaitherburg MD: Aspen, 1999. [limited preview]
- Mootz RD, Bowers LJ. Chiropractic Care of Special Populations. Topics in Clinical Chiropractic Series. Gaitherburg MD: Aspen, 1999. [limited preview]
- Mootz RD, Hansen DT. Chiropractic Technologies. Topics in Clinical Chiropractic Series. Gaitherburg MD: Aspen, 1999. [limited preview]
- Mootz RD, McCarthy KA. Sports Chiropractic. Topics in Clinical Chiropractic Series. Gaitherburg MD: Aspen, 1999. [limited preview]
- National Clinical Guideline Centre (UK). Osteoarthritis: Care and Management in Adults. London: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (UK); 2014 Feb. (NICE Clinical Guidelines, No. 177.)
- National Clinical Guideline Centre (UK). Spinal Injury: Assessment and Initial Management. London: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (UK); 2016 Feb. (NICE Guideline, No. 41.)
- National Collaborating Centre for Primary Care (UK). Low Back Pain: Early Management of Persistent Non-specific Low Back Pain NICE Clinical Guidelines, No. 88. London: Royal College of General Practitioners (UK); 2009.
- National Guideline Centre (UK). Low Back Pain and Sciatica in over 16s: Assessment and Management. London: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (UK); 2016. (NICE Guideline, No. 59)
- National Research Council (US) and Institute of Medicine (US) Panel on Musculoskeletal Disorders and the Workplace. Musculoskeletal Disorders and the Workplace: Low Back and Upper Extremities. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2001.
- Nordhoff LS. Motor Vehicle Collision Injuries: Biomechanics, Diagnosis, and Management. Sudbury MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2005. [limited preview]
- Patel S, Hee SW, Mistry D, et al.; the Repository Group. Identifying back pain subgroups: developing and applying approaches using individual patient data collected within clinical trials. Southampton (UK): NIHR Journals Library; 2016 July
- Shekelle PG, Paige NM, Miake-Lye IM, et al. The Effectiveness and Harms of Spinal Manipulative Therapy for the Treatment of Acute Neck and Lower Back Pain: A Systematic Review [Internet] Washington (DC): Department of Veterans Affairs (US); 2017
- Souza TA. Differential Diagnosis and Management for the Chiropractor: Protocols and Algorithms. 5th ed. Sudbury MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2016. [limited preview]
- Stahl MJ, Foreman SM. Ethical Perspectives: Sexual Boundary Issues and the Chiropractic Paradigm. Philadelphia PA: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2005. [limited preview]
- Strauss JL, Coeytaux R, McDuffie J, et al. Efficacy of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Therapies for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder [Internet]. Washington (DC): Department of Veterans Affairs; 2011 Aug.
- Swedish Council on Health Technology Assessment. Laser Treatment of Neck Pain [Internet]. Stockholm: Swedish Council on Health Technology Assessment (SBU); 2014 May 20.
- Swedish Council on Health Technology Assessment. Occupational Exposures and Back Disorders [Internet]. Stockholm: Swedish Council on Health Technology Assessment (SBU); 2014 Oct.
- Swedish Council on Health Technology Assessment. Occupational Exposures and Neck and Upper Extremity Disorders: A Systematic Review [Internet]. Stockholm: Swedish Council on Health Technology Assessment (SBU); 2012 Mar
- Toye F, Seers K, Allcock N, et al. A meta-ethnography of patients’ experience of chronic non-malignant musculoskeletal pain. Southampton (UK): NIHR Journals Library; 2013 Nov. (Health Services and Delivery Research, No. 1.12.)
- Wainapel SF and Fast A, editors. Alternative Medicine and Rehabilitation: A Guide for Practitioners. New York NY: Demos Medical Publishing, Inc., 2003.
- Williams JW Jr, Gierisch JM, McDuffie J, et al. An Overview of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Therapies for Anxiety and Depressive Disorders: Supplement to Efficacy of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Therapies for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder [Internet]. Washington (DC): Department of Veterans Affairs; 2011 Aug.
- Yochum TR, Rowe LJ. Yochum and Rowe’s essentials of skeletal radiology. Third Edition, Volume One. Baltimore, MD : Williams and Wilkins, 2005. [limited preview]
For the researcher
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- Brasure M, Shamliyan TA, Olson-Kellogg B, et al. Physical Therapy for Knee Pain Secondary to Osteoarthritis: Future Research Needs: Identification of Future Research Needs From Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 77 [Internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2013 Feb. (Future Research Needs Papers, No. 37.)
- Brasure M, Forte M, Butler M, et al. Use of Evidence-Based Practice Center Comparative Effectiveness Reviews by Clinical Point-of-Care Tools [Internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2014 Apr.
- Bunn F, Trivedi D, Alderson P, et al. The impact of Cochrane Reviews: A mixed-methods evaluation of outputs from Cochrane Review Groups supported by the National Institute for Health Research. Southampton (UK): NIHR Journals Library; 2015 Apr. (Health Technology Assessment, No. 19.28.)
- Committee on the External Evaluation of NIDRR and Its Grantees; National Research Council; Rivard JC, O’Connell ME, Wegman DH, editors. Review of Disability and Rehabilitation Research: NIDRR Grantmaking Processes and Products. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2011 Nov 2.
- Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Advancing Pain Research, Care, and Education. Relieving Pain in America: A Blueprint for Transforming Prevention, Care, Education, and Research. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2011.
- Lopez AD, Mathers CD, Ezzati M, et al., editors. Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors. Washington (DC): World Bank; 2006.
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- Viswanathan M, Nerz P, Dalberth B, et al. Assessing the Impact of AHRQ Evidence-Based Practice Center (EPC) Reports on Future Research [Internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2011 Jun. (Methods Future Research Needs Reports, No. 7.)
Sports chiropractic
See also Sports Chiropractic [articles]
- Hyde TE, Gengenbach MS. Conservative Management of Sports Injuries. 2d ed. Baltimore MD: Williams and Wilkins, 2007. [limited preview]
- Mootz RD, McCarthy KA. Sports Chiropractic. Topics in Clinical Chiropractic Series. Gaitherburg MD: Aspen, 1999. [limited preview]
- Walker B. The Anatomy of Sports Injuries. Berkeley CA: Lotus, 2007. [limited preview]