Primary prevention in chiropractic practice: a systematic review

doi:10.1186/s12998-017-0140-4

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Chiropr Man Therap. 2017; 25: 9.

Published online 2017 Mar 20. doi: 10.1186/s12998-017-0140-4

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Table 3

Words used to determine type of primary prevention studied in chiropractic practice

Prevention of musculoskeletal disorders	Public health prevention	Wellness through chiropractic care including spinal adjustments^a
Ergonomic advice	Physical activity	Wellness
Postural advice/improvements	General health	Prevention in children
Prophylactic exam	Health enhancement	General well being
Prevention, if not described under Public health or wellness	At risk	Subluxation
	Recommendations/advice on health issues
	Nutritional and dietary advice

^aUnless explicitly stated that “wellness” and other words in column 3 relate to advice only, it was be assumed that it had an element of chiropractic adjustments (with or without advice)