Athletes’ performance declines following contract years A professor has determined that the contract year performance boost is real, but they caution team managers and coaches that it might be followed by a post-contract performance crash — a two-year pattern they…
Comparative Short-Term Effects of Two Thoracic Spinal Manipulation Techniques in Subjects With Chronic Mechanical Neck Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial Both maneuvers improved neck mobility and mechanosensitivity and reduced pain in the short term. No major or clinical differences were…
Does Foot Placement Affect the Reliability of Static Foot Posture Measurements? Based on these findings, we recommend that clinicians perform measurements of static foot posture using the same standing foot placement between sessions to ensure a high level of measurement…
Quantification of Continuous in Vivo Flexion-Extension Kinematics and Intervertebral Strains L4-L5 exhibited the largest anterior and posterior margin strains (29 and 65%, respectively). Strains in the disc during in vivo lumbar flexion are due to both angular rotation and linear…
Proportional Lumbar Spine Inter-Vertebral Motion Patterns: A Comparison of Patients With Chronic, Non-Specific Low Back Pain and Healthy Controls The variation in proportional motion between lumbar vertebrae during passive recumbent trunk motion was greater in patients with CNSLBP than in…
Risk of Traumatic Injury Associated With Chiropractic Spinal Manipulation in Medicare Part B Beneficiaries Aged 66 to 99 Years Among Medicare beneficiaries aged 66 to 99 years with an office visit risk for a neuromusculoskeletal problem, risk of injury to…
Structural Brain Alterations in Patients With Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Preliminary Study We conclude that the lumbar disk herniation can lead to specific local alterations of the gray and white matter in the human brain. The investigation of LDH-induced brain…
Association of Postural Instability With Asymptomatic Cerebrovascular Damage and Cognitive Decline Postural instability was found to be associated with early pathological changes in the brain and functional decline, even in apparently healthy subjects. #science #chiropractor #chiropractic #research #education #evidence based…
The Comparative Effect of Episodes of Chiropractic and Medical Treatment on the Health of Older Adults The findings from this study suggest that chiropractic use in episodes of care for uncomplicated back conditions has protective effects against declines in ADLs,…
Image Changes of Paraspinal Muscles and Clinical Correlations in Patients With Unilateral Lumbar Spinal Stenosis The psoas RCSA and multifidus FI can be used as predictive factors for functional performance in LSS patients. #science #chiropractor #chiropractic #research #education #evidence based…