Volume 29, Issue 6 , Page 417, July 2006
JMPT Highlights
Article Outline
Symptoms of sciatica.
Mayrand et al (p. 436) present the clinical management of a patient with sciatica symptoms that developed following an ischial tuberosity avulsion injury. The authors discuss this injury and its complications.
Chiropractic management of cow milk protein intolerance in infants.
Jamison and Davies (p. 469) present a pilot study that demonstrates how a therapeutic trial may offer a realistic, noninvasive approach for the chiropractic management of infants with cow's milk protein intolerance.
Characteristics of Danish patients who utilize chiropractic care.
Sorensen et al (p. 419) successfully obtained survey data from 85% of all chiropractic clinics in Denmark. They compare survey information from 1999 with those obtained in 2002 for chiropractic patient characteristics, such as chief complaint, pain intensity, limitation of activities of daily living.
An investigation into licensing examinations.
Lawson (p. 463) investigates if generalizability theory can be successfully applied to a high-stakes, licensure objective structured clinical examination as part of its normal administrative procedures.
EMG activity of deep paraspinal muscles.
Fryer et al (p. 437) assess the EMG activity of deep, thoracic paraspinal muscles, identified as normal or abnormal with palpation. They find that EMG activity was higher for all conditions at the abnormal sites, which lends cautious support to muscle overactivity as a cause of tissue abnormality.
Possible outcome for epidural steroid injections.
Bilir and Gulec (p. 492) present a case report of cauda equina syndrome possibly caused by epidural injection. They recommend that health care practitioners should be aware that clinical examination and continued vigilance for neurologic deterioration following epidural steroid injections is important.
Patient satisfaction with chiropractic care.
Gaumer et al (p. 455) perform a national survey and identify that those who have seen a doctor of chiropractic have high satisfaction levels and that factors underlying variations in satisfaction across patients relate to communication quality and empathy.
Chiropractic consultation patterns in the Veterans Administration.
Dunn et al (p. 448) perform an observational investigation of chiropractic consultation requests within a VA Medical Center to examine patient demographics, referral sources, demand for chiropractic services, and consultation requests.
Spinal palpation; evaluation of the literature.
Stochkendahl et al (p. 475) critically analyze the literature pertaining to the inter- and intraobserver reproducibility of spinal palpation in order to investigate the consistency of study results and assess the level of evidence for reproducibility.
Helping better identify fibromyalgia.
Schneider et al (p. 493) propose a model and an algorithm for differential diagnosis for patients presenting with the primary symptom of chronic widespread pain.
Surface skin temperature measurements.
Roy et al (p. 468) study the core body temperature acclimatization trends among patients using thermistor recordings in a controlled environment.
Evaluating hand-held mechanical adjusting instruments.
Keller et al (p. 425) perform a study using sheep in order to quantify and compare the 3-dimensional intersegmental motion responses produced by 3 commonly used hand-held mechanical force chiropractic adjusting instruments.
PII: S0161-4754(06)00168-0
doi:10.1016/j.jmpt.2006.06.015
© 2006 National University of Health Sciences. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Volume 29, Issue 6 , Page 417, July 2006
