Index to Chiropractic Literature
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ID 6449
  Title A retrospective study: Patients with chronic low back pain managed with specific upper cervical adjustments
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Journal CRJ. 1993 ;2(4):10-16
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This paper reviews the correlation between changes in chronic low back pain and the reduction of the occipito-atlanto-axial subluxation complex, hereby referred to as the OAASC.  A further objective will be to determine which orthopedic tests, if any, can be used as a predictor of positive patient outcome. The records, of patients who presented to the Sid E. Williams Research Center with chronic low back pain, were pulled from the archives and reviewed.  These records demonstrate reduction of upper cervical structural misalignments and reduction of positive orthopedic tests on post examination. Management of these patients was strictly through upper cervical techniques utilizing Grostic or Sweat analysis and either the Life Cervical or Laney instrument to adjust the OAASC by using atlas as a lever.  One significant factor discovered was a history of head trauma in 28 of 45 patients.  Chiropractic interns reduced the subluxation an average of 59.3%. Although significant overall reduction of positive orthopedic tests was observed, the most dramatic results were seen in those tests indicative of neurological involvement in the low back region.

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