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Chiropractic – Research
Introduction
Scientific research
Scientific research
The principles of evidence-based medicine have been used to review research studies and generate practice guidelines outlining professional standards that specify which chiropractic treatments are legitimate and perhaps reimbursable under managed care.[1] Evidence-based guidelines are supported by one end of an ideological continuum among chiropractors; the other end employs pseudoscientific and antiscientific reasoning and makes unsubstantiated claims.[2] A 2007 survey of Alberta chiropractors found that they do not consistently apply research in practice which may have resulted from a lack of research education and skills.[3] Evidence-based chiropractors possess the ability to apply research in practice. Continued education enhances the scientific knowledge of the practitioner.[4]
References
References
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- ↑ Feise RJ, Grod JP, Taylor-Vaisey A (2006). “Effectiveness of an evidence-based chiropractic continuing education workshop on participant knowledge of evidence-based health care”. Chiropr Osteopat. 24 (14): 14:18. PMID 16930482.
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