b'CODING Update ComplianceLEGAL NUTRITIONUpdateANJC NewsANJC Leadership ANJC News! NUTRITION LEGAL EASEANJC Scholarships REHAB Update CHIRO AssistExecutive Directors Update LEGAL Q&A2020 ANJC AWARDSINSURANCE Update INSURANCE Update Legislative Update21 for 2021:TECHNIQUE Update Twenty Research Studies in 2020that Every Chiropractor ShouldBy Dr. David GraberKnow and Share with PatientsMedicareQ&AMedicare Update To say that 2020 is a year that well neverreview and meta-analysis on effect of spinal mobilization and OUR HEALTH manipulation on cardiovascular responses. Hong Kong Physio-forget is an understatement.While it seems rather mundane to talk about research in suchther J. 2020;40(2):75-87. doi:10.1142/S1013702520500122)an explosive, disruptive, and life-changing6.Chiropractic care reduces opioid use.Patients with spinal year, there were dozens of studies andpain who saw a chiropractor had half the risk of filling an reviews that came out which are directlyopioid prescription.Among those who saw a chiropractor related to a chiropractors practice.within 30 days of diagnosis, the reduction in risk was greater Here are summaries of 20 + 1 studies published in 2020 thatas compared with those with their first visit after the acute Ive vetted for your attention. They are listed in no particularphase. (James M Whedon, DC, MS, Andrew W J Toler, MS, order of importance. Louis A Kazal, MD, Serena Bezdjian, PhD, Justin M Goehl, 1.Chiropractic maintenance care is most effective for painDC, MS, Jay Greenstein, DC, Impact of Chiropractic Care on management in chronic non-specific low back pain patientsUse of Prescription Opioids in Patients with Spinal Pain, Pain if they have more emotional distress and pain-avoidanceMedicine, pnaa014, https://doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnaa014)behaviors. (Eklund, A., Hagberg, J., Jensen, I. et al.The Nordic7.In chronic stroke survivors, a single session of chiropractic maintenance care program: maintenance care reduces thespinal manipulation was found to increase the cortical activity number of days with pain in acute episodes and increasesrelated to the somatosensory evoked N30 potential, which the length of pain free periods for dysfunctional patients withmay alter the early sensorimotor functionality.(Navid, M. S., recurrent and persistent low back pain - a secondary analysis ofNiazi, I. K., Lelic, D., Nedergaard, R. B., Holt, K., Amjad, I., . a pragmatic randomized controlled trial.Chiropr Man Therap& Haavik, H. (2020).Investigating the Effects of Chiropractic 28, 19 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12998-020-00309-6) Spinal Manipulation on EEG in Stroke Patients. Brain Sciences, 2.An updated evidence-based guideline for the most10(5), 253.)common musculoskeletal conditions in chiropractic practice8.Positive changes in the Cobb angle on X-rays was found was published: Best Practices for Chiropractic Management ofin 10 patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis after a trial Patients with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Clinical Practiceof chiropractic manipulation was observed in a study.An Guideline.(Cheryl Hawk, Wayne Whalen, Ronald J. Farabaugh,average of 10.3 months of treatment produced an overall Clinton J. Daniels, Amy L. Minkalis, David N. Taylor, Derekaverage correction of 21.2%. (Pu Chu, E. C., Chakkaravarthy, D. Anderson, Kristian Anderson, Louis S. Crivelli, Morgan Cark,M., Huang, K. H. K., Ho, V. W. K., Lo, F.-S., & Bhaumik, A. (2020). Elizabeth Barlow, David Paris, Richard Sarnat, and John Weeks. Changes in radiographic parameters following chiropractic The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine.Octtreatment in 10 patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: A 2020.884-901. http://doi.org/10.1089/acm.2020.0181) retrospective chart review. Clinics and Practice, 10(3). https://3.Active-duty military personnel receiving chiropracticdoi.org/10.4081/cp.2020.1258)care exhibited improved strength and endurance, as well as9.An RCT found that spinal manipulation improves the reduced LBP intensity and disability, compared with a wait-listresults, compared to a control group of physiotherapy, control. (Ining R, Long CR, Minkalis A, Gudavalli MR, Xia T,over a period of 3 months for patients with subacute or Walter J, Coulter I, Goertz CM.Effects of Chiropractic Care onchronic lumbar radiculopathy.Both subjective and physical Strength, Balance, and Endurance in Active-Duty U.S. Militaryexam measures improved more in the manipulation group.Personnel with Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled(Ghasabmahaleh SH, Rezasoltani Z, Dadarkhah A, Hamidi-Trial.J Altern Complement Med. 2020 Jul;26(7):592-601. doi:panah S, Mofrad RK, Najafi S. Spinal manipulation for subacute 10.1089/acm.2020.0107. Epub 2020 Jun 12. PMID: 32543211.) and chronic lumbar radiculopathy: a randomized controlled 4.In patients with low back pain, spinal manipulation affectstrial. Am J Med. 2020 Sep 12:S0002-9343(20)30777-4. doi: the central nervous system and changes the brain metabolites.10.1016/j.amjmed.2020.08.005.)Consequently, pain and functional disability are reduced. 10.Patients with chronic non-specific low back pain can be (Didehdar D, Kamali F, Yoosefinejad AK, Lotfi M. The effectpredicted to have more long-term disability if they sought of spinal manipulation on brain neurometabolites in chronicmedical care prior to seeking further care from a chiropractor nonspecific low back pain patients: a randomized clinical trial.or physiotherapist.(Petrozzi, M.J., Rubinstein, S.M., Ferreira, Ir J Med Sci. 2020 May;189(2):543-550. doi: 10.1007/s11845-019- P.H. et al. Predictors of low back disability in chiropractic and 02140-2. Epub 2019 Nov 26. PMID: 31773541.) physical therapy settings. Chiropr Man Therap 28, 41 (2020). 5.Spinal manipulations and mobilizations may result inhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12998-020-00328-3)significant decrease of systolic as well as diastolic blood11.In a 4-year follow-up study of women with carpal tunnel pressure.(Gera C, Malik M, kaur J, Saini M. A systematicsyndrome, manual therapy, including nerve glides and slides, 14 I Winter 2021 www.anjc.info'