Chiropractic Care of Children from Birth to Adolescence and Classification of Reported Conditions: An Internet Cross-Sectional Survey of 956 European Chiropractors

Unresolved Congenital Torticollis and Its Consequences: A Report of 2 Cases

“…Demographic surveys have shown that children are most commonly brought to chiropractic clinics during infancy and then again at school age. 11,12 The reason for this is unknown, but it is possible, hypothetically, that school-aged children experience and complain of more pain, and that postural deficits are more obvious in infants and in school-aged children than in toddlers. In addition to this, it is possible that delay in gross motor skills and coordination is more difficult to detect in toddlers than in preschool-aged children and school-aged children because of the development of visual-motor coordination and the ability to perform complex motor activity, which increases from 5 years of age.…”

A Literature Review of Pediatric Spinal Manipulation and Chiropractic Manipulative Therapy: Evaluation of Consistent Use of Safety Terminology

“…14 Currently, safety incidents following pediatric manual procedures vary from 0.23% to 9%. [8][9][10][11] Four studies reporting primary data on pediatric safety incidents had retrospective designs and were subject to limitations including bias and external validity of results to the overall pediatric population. When observing the populations and the procedures performed (Table 2), it is observed that patient number, age, sex ratio, and number of treatment sessions were similar between studies, but differences were observed for cranial conditions and cranial treatments.…”

“…1,2,7 Several studies providing primary data on the occurrence of safety incidents after pediatric manual therapy have used inconsistent safety terminology. 1,[7][8][9][10][11] Despite the small amount of information currently available on this topic, 2 systems of classification for safety incidents have been proposed. 1,12,13 Lack of consistency in reporting information on adverse reactions/events may lead to confusion regarding the type of safety incident occurring.…”

Forces of Commonly Used Chiropractic Techniques for Children: A Review of the Literature

“…The thrust is designed to restore motion in the targeted joint by applying force to the area of segmental restricted motion. 15,26 Chiropractors in Europe were surveyed about their practice techniques for children, 25 resulting in the following guidelines for pediatric chiropractic, identifying 4 grades of therapeutic input for the application of pediatric SMT for different age groups 15 :…”

“…28 Sacro-occcipital Medical manipulation simulation on a force plate was higher than that estimated for modified manipulation by a chiropractor. 25 Colloca et al 22 Measurement of peak forces at each setting on the Activator instruments I, II, III, and IV. The HAI and NMI instruments were applied directly to a force plate.…”