Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 101-103, February 2000
Reflex effects of vertebral subluxations: the peripheral nervous system. An update☆☆☆
Abstract
Background: The traditional chiropractic vertebral subluxation hypothesis proposes that vertebral misalignment cause illness, disease, or both. This hypothesis remains controversial. Objective: To briefly review and update experimental evidence concerning reflex effects of vertebral subluxations, particularly concerning peripheral nervous system responses to vertebral subluxations. Data source: Information was obtained from chiropractic or, scientific peer-reviewed literature concerning human or animal studies of neural responses to vertebral subluxation, vertebral displacement or movement, or both. Conclusion: Animal models suggest that vertebral displacements end putative vertebral subluxations may modulate activity in group I to IV afferent nerves. However, it is not clear whether these afferent nerves are modulated during normal day-to-day activities of living end, if so, what segmental or whole-body reflex effects they may have. (J Manipulative Physiol Ther 2000;23:101–3)
Keywords: Chiropractic, Vertebral Subluxation, Nervous Systems, Afferents, Joints Biomechanics, Muscle
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☆ Submit reprint requests to: Philip S. Bolton, DC, PhD, Discipline of Human Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia.
☆☆ Supported by grants from the Australian National Health & Medical Research Council, the Arthritis Foundation of Australia, the Australian Spinal Research Foundation, and the Clive & Vera Ramaciotti Foundation.
PII: S0161-4754(00)90075-7
doi:10.1016/S0161-4754(00)90075-7
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Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 101-103, February 2000
