Stroke in a Chiropractic Patient Population

Craniocervical arterial dissections as sequelae of chiropractic manipulation: patterns of injury and management

“…In 2001, Rothwell et al 46 examined patients who had suffered vertebrobasilar strokes and who had visited a chiropractor for cervical manipulation within a year before their ictus. 11 Through a comparison with a larger control group that had not suffered posterior circulation strokes, the authors made several observations. 46 Most importantly, younger patients (< 45 years of age) suffering a vertebrobasilar stroke were 5 times more likely than controls to have un-dergone cervical manipulation within a week of their presentation.…”