ACA Member Wins NIH Grants, Hopes to Train Chiropractic Researchers

December 12, 2023

Earlier this year, ACA member Kenneth Weber, DC, PhD, was awarded two grants totaling more than $5 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Weber, a chiropractor and neuroscientist, is a senior research scientist in the Division of...

For Non-prescribers: Understanding Chronic Pain Prescribing Practices

October 24, 2023

Chiropractic integration into hospitals and other collaborative interdisciplinary environments remains aspirational for many recent graduates and seasoned providers alike; as the years have gone on, it has also become more commonplace [1]. Even for those chiropractors who don’t work directly...

Resources Supporting Person-Centered Care

September 12, 2023

Person-centered care is respectful of and responsive to individual patient preferences and needs, ensuring patient values guide all clinical decisions.(1) Person-centeredness principles are core elements of chiropractic care. For example, the American Chiropractic Association’s Code of Ethics includes several tenets...

Vertebral Artery Dissection: An Evidence Review

May 16, 2023

For several decades, high-velocity low-amplitude cervical spine manipulation has been associated with rare instances of vertebrobasilar dissection and stroke. A simplified summary posits one view pointing to case reports and media stories describing instances of stroke after cervical manipulation. The...

Unpacking a Clinical Guideline

April 25, 2023

High-quality clinical guidelines are summaries of scientific literature designed to assist practitioner and patient decisions about health and healthcare.(1) These guidelines are developed through a systematic process of reviewing and consolidating scientific evidence. Because scientific knowledge evolves over time, guidelines...

Researcher of the Year Dr. Martha Funabashi on Life-long Learning

April 19, 2023

Martha Funabashi, PhD, was named the American Chiropractic Association Researcher of the Year at ACA Engage 2023 in January. Her career has led her from an undergraduate degree in physical therapy to her current role as a clinical research scientist...