This paper discusses the several theories pertaining to the chiropractic adjustment, including the nerve compression theory, reflex theories, and pain relief theories. There is now sufficient scientific research to consider these theories reasonable working models to explain the effects of the adjustment but insufficient to consider them valid. (J Manipulative Physiol Ther 2000;23:112–4)
aClinical professor, Department of Neurology, University of California-Irvine, and adjunct professor, Research Department, Los Angeles Chiropractic College
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