Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Volume 32, Issue 8 , Pages 639-647 , October 2009

Best Practices Recommendations for Chiropractic Care for Infants, Children, and Adolescents: Results of a Consensus Process

  • Cheryl Hawk, DC, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Vice President of Research and Scholarship, Cleveland Chiropractic College, Kansas City, Missouri and Los Angeles, Calif
    • Corresponding Author InformationSubmit requests for reprints to: Cheryl Hawk, DC, PhD, Vice President of Research and Scholarship, Cleveland Chiropractic College, 10850 Lowell Avenue, Overland Park, KS 66210
    • ,
  • Michael Schneider, DC, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Penn
    • ,
  • Randy J. Ferrance, DC, MD

      Affiliations

    • Hospitalist, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, Medical Director, Hospital-Based Quality, Riverside Tappahannock Hospital, Tappahannock, Virg
    • ,
  • Elise Hewitt, DC

      Affiliations

    • President, Council on Chiropractic Pediatrics, American Chiropractic Association
    • Board of Directors, Integrative Pediatrics Council
    • Private Practice, Portland Chiropractic Group, Portland, Ore
    • ,
  • Meghan Van Loon, DC, PT

      Affiliations

    • Adjunct Assistant Professor, New York Chiropractic College, Seneca Falls, NY
    • Private Practice, Ithaca, NY
    • ,
  • Lora Tanis, DC

      Affiliations

    • Chair, Council on Chiropractic Pediatrics, International Chiropractors Association
    • Private Practice, Tanis Chiropractic, Hewitt, NJ

Received 30 April 2009 ,Revised 10 July 2009

References 

  1. Barnes PM, Bloom BS. Complementary and alternative medicine use among adults and children: United States, 2007. In: National Health Statistics Reports. 12:2008;p. 1–24
  2. Jones MA, Stratton G, Reilly R, Unnithan VB. A school-based survey of recurrent non-specific low-back pain prevalence and consequences in children. Health Educ Res. 2004;19:284–289
  3. Driever MJ. Are evidence-based practice and best practice the same?. West J Nurs Res. 2002;24:591–597
  4. Sackett DL, Rosenberg WM, Gray JA, Haynes RB, Richardson WS. Evidence based medicine: what it is and what it isn't. BMJ. 1996;312:71–72
  5. Sackett DL, Straus SE, Richardson WS. Evidence-based medicine: how to practice and teach EBM. 2nd ed.. Edinburgh: Church Livingston; 2000;
  6. Meeker WC, Haldeman S. Chiropractic: a profession at the crossroads of mainstream and alternative medicine. Ann Intern Med. 2002;136:216–227
  7. Chou R, Huffman LH. Nonpharmacologic therapies for acute and chronic low back pain: a review of the evidence for an American Pain Society/American College of Physicians clinical practice guideline. Ann Intern Med. 2007;147:492–504
  8. Bronfort G, Haas M, Evans R, Kawchuk G, Dagenais S. Evidence-informed management of chronic low back pain with spinal manipulation and mobilization. Spine J. 2008;8:213–225
  9. Hurwitz EL, Carragee EJ, van der Velde G, et al. Treatment of neck pain: noninvasive interventions. Spine. 2008;33:S123–S152
  10. Cassidy DJ, Boyle E, Cote P, et al. Risk of vertebrobasilar stroke and chiropractic care. Spine. 2008;33:S176–S183
  11. Hurwitz EL, Morgenstern H, Vassilaki M, Chiang LM. Frequency and clinical predictors of adverse reactions to chiropractic care in the UCLA neck pain study. Spine. 2005;30:1477–1484
  12. Brantingham JW, Globe G, Pollard H, Hicks M, Korporaal C, Hoskins W. Manipulative therapy for lower extremity conditions: expansion of literature review. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2009;32:53–71
  13. Hawk C, Khorsan R, Lisi AJ, Ferrance RJ, Evans MW. Chiropractic care for nonmusculoskeletal conditions: a systematic review with implications for whole systems research. J Altern Complement Med. 2007;13:491–512
  14. Gotlib A, Rupert R. Chiropractic manipulation in pediatric health conditions - an updated systematic review. Chiropr Osteopat. 2008;16:11
  15. Vohra S, Johnston BC, Cramer K, Humphreys K. Adverse events associated with pediatric spinal manipulation: a systematic review. Pediatrics. 2007;119:e275–283
  16. Manchikanti L, Boswell MV, Giordano J. Evidence-based interventional pain management: principles, problems, potential and applications. Pain Physician. 2007;10:329–356
  17. Miller J, Benfield K. Adverse effects of spinal manipulative therapy in children younger than 3 years: a retrospective study in a chiropractic teaching clinic. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2008;31:419–423
  18. Thiel HW, Bolton JE, Docherty S, Portlock JC. Safety of chiropractic manipulation of the cervical spine: a prospective national survey. Spine. 2007;32:2375–2378[discussion 2379]
  19. Gotlib A, Rupert R. Assessing the evidence for the use of chiropractic manipulation in paediatric health conditions: a systematic review. J Paediatr Child Health. 2005;10:157–161
  20. Campbell JB, Busse JW, Injeyan HS. Chiropractors and vaccination: a historical perspective. Pediatrics. 2000;105:E43
  21. Kosseim M, Rein R, McShane C. Implementing evidence-based physiotherapy practice for treating children with low back pain: are we there yet?. Pediatr Phys Ther. 2008;20:179–184
  22. Fitch K, Bernstein SJ, Aquilar MS, Burnand B, LaCalle JR, Lazaro P, et al. The RAND UCLA Appropriateness Method User's Manual. Santa Monica (Calif): RAND Corp.; 2003;

PII: S0161-4754(09)00204-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2009.08.018

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Volume 32, Issue 8 , Pages 639-647 , October 2009

Article Tools