Subluxation: dogma or science?
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Subluxation: dogma or science?
Joseph C Keating , Keith H Charlton , Jaroslaw P Grod , Stephen M Perle , David Sikorski and James F Winterstein
Chiropractic & Osteopathy 2005, 13:17 doi:10.1186/1746-1340-13-17
Published 10 August 2005
Abstract (provisional)
Subluxation syndrome is a legitimate, potentially testable, theoretical construct for which there is little experimental evidence. Acceptable as hypothesis, the assertion of its clinical meaningfulness brings criticism from the scientific and health care communities and creates confusion within the chiropractic profession. We believe that an evidence based orientation among chiropractors requires that we distinguish between subluxation dogma and subluxation as the potential focus of clinical research. Regretfully, chiropractic's attempt to gain political unity through consensus statements regarding subluxation has been a significant factor in our failure to gain cultural authority and will continue to do so as long as so many of us accept dogma as fact.
Provisional PDF
Subluxation: dogma or science?
Joseph C Keating , Keith H Charlton , Jaroslaw P Grod , Stephen M Perle , David Sikorski and James F Winterstein
Chiropractic & Osteopathy 2005, 13:17 doi:10.1186/1746-1340-13-17
Published 10 August 2005
Abstract (provisional)
Subluxation syndrome is a legitimate, potentially testable, theoretical construct for which there is little experimental evidence. Acceptable as hypothesis, the assertion of its clinical meaningfulness brings criticism from the scientific and health care communities and creates confusion within the chiropractic profession. We believe that an evidence based orientation among chiropractors requires that we distinguish between subluxation dogma and subluxation as the potential focus of clinical research. Regretfully, chiropractic's attempt to gain political unity through consensus statements regarding subluxation has been a significant factor in our failure to gain cultural authority and will continue to do so as long as so many of us accept dogma as fact.
Provisional PDF
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