Perceived Benefit of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) for Back Pain: A National Survey

Kanodia, Anup K.; Legedza, Anna; Davis, Roger B.; Eisenberg, David M.; Phillips, Russell S.

doi:10.3122/jabfm.2010.03.080252

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“…Previous studies often have considered chiropractic as a therapy under complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). [15][16][17][18][19][20] The chiropractic profession reportedly has been viewed as having poor ethics and dishonesty when compared to other health care professions. 21 Organizations and authors have identified the lack of integration with mainstream health care as a major challenge for the chiropractic profession and have suggested strategies to overcome this barrier.…”

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Assessing the change in attitudes, knowledge, and perspectives of medical students towards chiropractic after an educational intervention*

Wong¹,

Loreto²,

Kara³

et al. 2014

Journal of Chiropractic Education

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Objective:We assessed the change in attitudes, knowledge, and perspectives of medical students towards chiropractic after a 1-hour educational intervention. Methods: A mixed-methods approach was used with a 52-item cross-sectional paper survey and 1 focus group of thirdyear medical students. The views of these medical students towards chiropractic were assessed previously in their second-year of medical school. ANOVA and the Wilcoxon rank-sum test were used to assess between-group differences between the medical students' views before and after the educational intervention. The constant comparative method for analyzing qualitative data was used to identify emergent themes from the focus group transcript. Results: Of 112 third-year medical students, 58 completed the survey (51.7% response rate). The focus group consisted of 6 medical students. Self-reported understanding of chiropractic and number of attitude-positive responses were significantly higher in the group after the educational session. The average number of correct responses assessing knowledge on chiropractic also was significantly higher. Focus group themes were that medical students wanted exposure to chiropractic in clinical settings, had negative attitudes towards chiropractic formed from hidden curriculum, had concerns regarding evidence and safety of chiropractic, and thought that timing of the session on chiropractic was too late in the curriculum. Conclusions: The attitudes and knowledge of medical students towards chiropractic improved immediately after a 1-hour educational intervention. Formally educating medical students on chiropractic may help minimize hidden curriculum issues regarding chiropractic, as identified by the medical students, and facilitate collaboration between medical and chiropractic providers.

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confidence: 99%

Assessing the change in attitudes, knowledge, and perspectives of medical students towards chiropractic after an educational intervention*

Wong¹,

Loreto²,

Kara³

et al. 2014

Journal of Chiropractic Education

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“…1,2 Despite a wide range of therapeutic modalities being offered by chiropractors, spinal manipulation (SM) is perceived to be the foundation of the chiropractic technique and is the most commonly used therapy by these health professionals. 3,4 SM is defined as a specific form of joint manipulation using either long-or shortleverage techniques targeting specific anatomic contacts or structures, and it is characterized by a low-amplitude dynamic thrust of controlled velocity, amplitude, and direction.…”

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Effects of practice variability on spinal manipulation learning*

Marchand¹,

Mendoza²,

Dugas³

et al. 2017

Journal of Chiropractic Education

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Objective: To evaluate the effects of practice variability on chiropractic students' capacity to deliver spinal manipulations (SMs) of a targeted peak force. Methods: Forty students participated in an experimental session including either a variable or a constant practice protocol of 45 SMs. SMs were delivered on a computer-connected device that recorded force-time profiles. Ten SMs with a target peak force of 350-N were performed before practice, immediately following practice, and 2 days later. Mixed-design analyses of variance were used to assess the effect of practice type on SM biomechanical parameters and on the constant, the absolute error (AE), and the variable error (VE Conclusion: This experimental study showed that 1 session of SM practice including feedback leads to an increase in SM peak force accuracy and consistency, whether or not the practice period included variable practice. The current results confirmed that short practice periods with feedback should be included in the chiropractic curriculum.

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“…Therefore, it is advisable to use this physiotherapeutic method in the daily practice of mentioned disease after careful selection. [16,17] CONCLUSION OTM application is a useful, harmless additional complementary treatment for the management of selected diseases. Our objective which was giving western trained physicians clinical applications of new Oncothermia-Booster method is fulfilled.…”

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Newer application of Oncothermia to non-malignant diseases such as Dupuytren's contracture of the hand and chronic lower back pain lasting more than 4 weeks

Máté¹,

Molnár²,

Szőke³

et al. 2017

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ABSTRACT:Oncothermia (OTM) is based on electromagnetic interactions with the living matter. Its nano-targeting approach establishes a new paradigm. OTM could be applied not only to treat malignancies but it is feasible to apply for other diseases too. OTH is well proven method from the laboratory level to the clinical applications, promoting the natural processes, re-establishing of the synchronization between the cells. This approach allows therapy of some nonmalignant diseases too. Our objective is to use OTM for the irregularities of tissue-growth and for pain syndromes as well. OTM uses precisely tuned radiofrequency (RF) current flowing through the treated part of the body. We made extensive study, proving in details the applicability of the OTM for Dupuytren's contracture and chronic low back pain, in conjunction with permanent acupuncture method, a modified process of traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). The synergy of the ancient and the state-of-art medical knowledges is the basic method of the present research. Our results with application of OTM for chronic low back pain and Dupuytren's contracture shows definite improvements of the patients involved in the study. We measured the success with the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), with anecdotic quality of life (QoL), and the shortening of the of-work period due to the disease. We measured that VAS decreased significantly, the hand contracture became less rigid and less contracted. The QoL of patients improved and their complaints which blocked their regular activity has significantly reduced. OTM method was safe & no adverse effects were observed. Recognition of the distortions in the healthy tissue have some common principles and possibilities in TCM and OTM: both the methods recognize the loss of complexity of the living organization. Data of our 122 HEgYI, g., MATE, A., MOLNAR, I., SzOkE, H.` 2 recent study verified the relevant end-points of our present study: the safety, the quality of life (QoL), the prolonged painless status of the patient.

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Perceived Benefit of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) for Back Pain: A National Survey

Cited by 113 publications

References 34 publications

Assessing the change in attitudes, knowledge, and perspectives of medical students towards chiropractic after an educational intervention*

Assessing the change in attitudes, knowledge, and perspectives of medical students towards chiropractic after an educational intervention*

Effects of practice variability on spinal manipulation learning*

Newer application of Oncothermia to non-malignant diseases such as Dupuytren's contracture of the hand and chronic lower back pain lasting more than 4 weeks

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