Inappropriate use of the title 'chiropractor' and term 'chiropractic manipulation' in the peer-reviewed biomedical literature

doi:10.1186/1746-1340-14-16

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Chiropr Osteopat. 2006; 14: 16.

Published online 2006 Aug 22. doi: 10.1186/1746-1340-14-16

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Table 1

Summary of the findings of this prospective review – wherein reports inappropriately linked the title chiropractor, and/or term chiropractic manipulation, to injury (n = 24).

*Author Ref no.**	Country of origin	No. of subjects	Journal	Study type	Injury	Care provider
Beck⁹	Germany	1	JNNP†	Case report	DT‡	Heilpraktiker

Saxler¹⁰	Germany	1	ZOIG§	Case report	SEH\|\|	Unknown

Oheler¹¹	Germany	1	Orthop¶	Case report	VAD** (Bilateral)	Unknown

Menendez¹²	Spain	1	Rev Neurol††	Case report	VAD**	Unqualified manipulator

Dziewas¹³	Germany	20	Journal of Neurology	Case series	ICAD‡‡(5) VAD** (14) ICAD+VAD(1)	All non-chiropractors

Markovitch¹⁴	Germany	1	Br Med Journal	2° report of Beck⁹	DT‡	Heilpraktiker

* Only first author included

† Journal of Neurology and Neurosurgical Psychiatry

‡ Dural Tear

§ Zietschrift fur Orthopadie und Ihre Grenzgebiete

|| Spinal Epidural Hematoma

¶ Orthopade

** Vertebral Artery Dissection

†† Revista de Neurologia

‡‡ Internal Carotid Artery Dissection