The Journal of the American Chiropractic Association (JACA) Online is a peer-reviewed, primary source journal that is dedicated to the advancement of chiropractic health care principles and practice. JACA is indexed in MANTIS, CINAHL, the Index of Chiropractic Literature and SPORTDiscus.
Current Issue: January/February 2006
FOCUS Professional Education on Back and Leg Pain
By Carol Marleigh Kline, MA, JACA Online Editor
James Cox, DC, DACBR, says the Maine Lumbar Spine Study demonstrates a less-than-stellar treatment record for back and leg pain in the United States. Half the stenosis patients and more than a third of the disc herniation patients found no improvement—and possibly a worsening of their conditions. Even the so-called “improvements,” he points out, may have been relatively insignificant.
Dr. Cox says what this study emphasizes is the need for better treatments for both lumbar spine stenosis and disc herniation. Given their confounding complexity, however, he says better treatments must begin with better diagnoses.
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Chiropractic Philosophy and Clinical Technique
Selecting Clinically Valuable Therapies
By Ronald J. Feise, DC
With the option of using more than 100 different chirorpactic technique systems aimed at improving pain and function in the spine, practitioners face a wide range of treatment options. While some practitioners believe that all techniques are roughly equal in their effectiveness, others consider specific techniques better than others for all patients—or certain patients. This article examines how doctors can recognize elements that contribute to patient improvement.
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JOURNAL REVIEW
By Lawrence Wyatt, DC, DACBR, FICC
Dr. Wyatt analyzes and comments on a variety of recent journal articles.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Expanding Resources
Two librarians make suggestions on how to improve chiropractic searches on the Internet.
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Healthy Living: Patient Page
Drug-Free High School Sports: Talk to Your Children about Steroids
By Nataliya Schetchikova, PhD
The use of anabolic steroids is a hot sports issue. Rumors surrounding a handful of professional baseball players, the strengthening of Major League Baseball’s drug-testing policy, and the signing of the Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2004 have led to serious concerns about the integrity of the public’s favorite sports and the example professional and world-class athletes are setting for young people.
While professional athletes have a variety of trainers, nutritionists, and health care specialists available, kids are on their own. And unlike international, professional, and collegiate sports competitions and programs, high school sports programs rarely test for steroid use. What’s a concerned parent to do?
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