Evidence-Based Practice and Chiropractic Care. (January 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: LeFebvre, Ron; Peterson, David; Haas, Mitchell
• Is Part Of: Journal of evidence-based complementary & alternative medicine. Volume 18:Number 1(2013)
• Page Start: 75
• Page End: 79
• Publication Date: 2013-01
• Subjects: evidence-based -- evidence-based practice -- evidence-based medicine -- chiropractic -- curriculum -- effectiveness; Alternative medicine -- Periodicals; Complementary Therapies -- Periodicals; 615.505
• DOI: 10.1177/2156587212458435
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2156-5872

Abstract

Evidence-based practice has had a growing impact on chiropractic education and the delivery of chiropractic care. For evidence-based practice to penetrate and transform a profession, the penetration must occur at 2 levels. One level is the degree to which individual practitioners possess the willingness and basic skills to search and assess the literature. Chiropractic education received a significant boost in this realm in 2005 when the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine awarded 4 chiropractic institutions R25 education grants to strengthen their research/evidence-based practice curricula. The second level relates to whether the therapeutic interventions commonly employed by a particular health care discipline are supported by clinical research. A growing body of randomized controlled trials provides evidence of the effectiveness and safety of manual therapies.