• Owens EF

• Philosophy, Chiropractic
• Reproducibility of Results
• Research
• Subluxation

Straight chiropractic has been considered by some an antiscientific approach to health care, because of statements made both by its proponents and its detractors. Indeed, certain tenets of straight chiropractic, particularly its reliance on an innate, immaterial organizing principle, may not be testable with the scientific method, but must be taken on faith or by assumption. Still, the claim that detection and removal of vertebral subluxation can be of benefit to humans, regardless of the mechanism of that effect, should be testable in an objective manner.

In this article I will offer a definition of straight chiropractic and show how adherence to its principles, rather than limiting scientific investigation, creates opportunities for a wide variety of research.

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