ChiroSH Online

ChiroSH (Chiropractic Subject Headings) is a controlled vocabulary created by members of the Chiropractic Library Collaboration, an organization affiliated with the Association of Chiropractic Colleges. ChiroSH is used by the Index to Chiropractic Literature’s indexers, and by catalogers in health sciences libraries. This online version (under development) is an innovation we hope will be widely used by students, chiropractors and researchers. The first edition of ChiroSH was released in 1984 and the seventh edition is currently in production.

• Read about the history of ChiroSH: Hardy SB. Analyzing a unique controlled vocabulary: Chiropractic subject headings [ChiroSH] – Past, present and future. Chiropr Hist. 2014 Summer;34(1):21-27. ICL record
• Kempke A, Boni BA. Chiropractic Subject Headings 6th ed. Chiropractic Library Collaboration, 2009.

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Developed by Clarence Gonstead, D.C.
See also: Full Spine Techniques

An educational forum at which physicians, usually experts in their disciplines, discuss clinical cases for educational purposes. Occasionally, these discussions take place at patient bedsides.

Also known as: GISTM, Graston Instrument-Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization

A form of instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization developed by David Graston. Search Graston Technique in the Index to Chiropractic Literature.

Also known as: Grostic Procedure

Developed by John F. Grostic, D.C., and the Cox brothers. The Grostic Procedure originated as a means of precisely measuring the misalignments of the atlas and axis and this is still its prime function. It provides a means of evaluating various adjusting procedures. [ICLID 25144]
See also: Laney Technique, NUCCA Technique, Upper Cervical Techniques

Also known as: Chiropractic Group Practice, Chiropractic Practice, Group

Any group of three or more full-time chiropractors organized in a legally recognized entity for the provision of health care services, sharing space, equipment, personnel and records for both patient care and business management, and who have a predetermined arrangement for the distribution of income. (Based on the MeSH term Group Practice.)
See also: Practice Management, Chiropractic

Also known as: Integrative Health Group Practice, Integrative Health Practice, Integrative

Any group of three or more full-time health practitioners organized in a legally recognized entity for the provision of complementary or alternative medicine in combination with allopathic medical care. Practitioners share space, equipment, personnel and records for both patient care and business management, and have a predetermined arrangement for the distribution of income. (Based on the MeSH term Group Practice.)