A Report of the 2009 World Games Injury Surveillance of Individuals Who Voluntarily Used the International Federation of Sports Chiropractic Delegation

Prevalence and profile of Australian chiropractors treating athletes or sports people: A cross-sectional study

“…The high prevalence of chiropractic use amongst athletes or sports people reflect the high satisfaction with treatment outcomes reported by those patients with sports related problems after receiving chiropractic care (in particular spinal manipulation) in previous studies. 8,20 This paper shows that chiropractors who often treat athletes or sports people used a vast variety of treatments, employed imaging modalities, and held more collaborative professions/referral relationships compared to other chiropractors who not often treat athletes or sports people. Multidisciplinary care planning has been advocated as a way of improving outcomes for patients with complex care needs 21 and a multidisciplinary team-based approach is well established in sports medicine.…”

“…6 A population level study of 2529 Canadian chiropractors (response rate 39%) found that sports injuries were the main focus of practice activity for 28% of Canadian chiropractors and that those who focused on rehabilitation and sports injuries also reported more referrals from medical doctors. 7 At the 2009 World Games, chiropractors recorded 1,514 treatments with a utilisation rate of 15.31% for athletes 8 and this utilisation rate increased to 18.1% at the 2013 World Games. 9 However, there is scant research reporting the clinical characteristics of those chiropractors managing athletes or sports people, with the body of knowledge primarily consisting of sporting event surveillance designs.…”

“…9 However, there is scant research reporting the clinical characteristics of those chiropractors managing athletes or sports people, with the body of knowledge primarily consisting of sporting event surveillance designs. [8][9][10]…”

Epidemiology: Spinal manipulation utilization

“…Ninety-four percent of participants treated with chiropractic spinal manipulation in a recent World Games reported immediate improvement (Nook and Nook, 2011).…”

Utilization of Chiropractic Care at the World Games 2013

“…18,19 However, further research is needed to establish the replicability and generalizability of these patterns of results. 20,21 Previous reports have not investigated whether the rates of injury and commitment to follow-up care differ between athletes and non-athletes.…”