Adverse Events Following Chiropractic Care for Subjects With Neck or Low-Back Pain: Do The Benefits Outweigh the Risks?

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 461-464

  Rubinstein, Sidney M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adverse Effects; Chiropractic; Manipulation, Spinal; Public Health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CHIROPRACTIC; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; FATIGUE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NAUSEA; NECK PAIN; PATIENT CARE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 49549095373     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2008.06.001     Document Type: Note

References (49)

1. Barrett A.J., and Breen A.C. Adverse effects of spinal manipulation. J R Soc Med 93 (2000) 258-259
2. Cagnie B., Vinck E., Beernaert A., et al. How common are side effects of spinal manipulation and can these side effects be predicted?. Man Ther 9 (2004) 151-156
3. Hurwitz E.L., Morgenstern H., Vassilaki M., et al. Adverse reactions to chiropractic treatment and their effects on satisfaction and clinical outcomes among patients enrolled in the UCLA Neck Pain Study. J Manipulative Physiol Ther 27 (2004) 16-25
4. Leboeuf-Yde C., Hennius B., Rudberg E., et al. Side effects of chiropractic treatment: a prospective study. J Manipulative Physiol Ther 20 (1997) 511-515
5. Rubinstein S.M., Leboeuf-Yde C., Knol D.L., et al. The benefits outweigh the risks for patients undergoing chiropractic care for neck pain: a prospective, multicenter, cohort study. J Manipulative Physiol Ther 30 (2007) 408-418
6. Senstad O., Leboeuf-Yde C., and Borchgrevink C. Frequency and characteristics of side effects of spinal manipulative therapy. Spine 22 (1997) 435-440
7. Hurwitz E.L., Morgenstern H., Vassilaki M., et al. Frequency and clinical predictors of adverse reactions to chiropractic care in the UCLA neck pain study. Spine 30 (2005) 1477-1484
8. Rubinstein S.M., Leboeuf-Yde C., Knol D.L., et al. Predictors of adverse events following chiropractic care for patients with neck pain. J Manipulative Physiol Ther 31 (2008) 94-103
9. Senstad O., Leboeuf-Yde C., and Borchgrevink C. Predictors of side effects to spinal manipulative therapy. J Manipulative Physiol Ther 19 (1996) 441-445
10. Rubinstein S.M., Knol D.L., Leboeuf-Yde C., et al. Benign adverse events following chiropractic care for neck pain are associated with worse short-term outcomes but not worse outcomes at 3 months. Eur Chiropr Union Conv Proc (2008) 167-168
11. Thiel H.W., Bolton J.E., Docherty S., et al. Safety of chiropractic manipulation of the cervical spine: a prospective national survey. Spine 32 (2007) 2375-2378
12. Michaeli A. Reported occurrence and nature of complications following manipulative physiotherapy in South Africa. Aust J Physiother 39 (1993) 309-315
13. Haldeman S., Carey P., Townsend M., et al. Arterial dissections following cervical manipulation: the chiropractic experience. CMAJ 165 (2001) 905-906
14. Rothwell D.M., Bondy S.J., and Williams J.I. Chiropractic manipulation and stroke: a population-based case-control study. Stroke 32 (2001) 1054-1060
15. Cassidy J.D., Boyle E., Cote P., et al. Risk of vertebrobasilar stroke and chiropractic care: results of a population-based case-control and case-crossover study. Spine 33 (2008) S176-S183
16. Hanley J.A., and Lippman-Hand A. If nothing goes wrong, is everything all right? Interpreting zero numerators. JAMA 249 (1983) 1743-1745
17. Ho A.M., Dion P.W., Karmakar M.K., et al. Estimating with confidence the risk of rare adverse events, including those with observed rates of zero. Reg Anesth Pain Med 27 (2002) 207-210
18. Dittrich R., Rohsbach D., Heidbreder A., et al. Mild mechanical traumas are possible risk factors for cervical artery dissection. Cerebrovasc Dis 23 (2007) 275-281
19. Smith W.S., Johnston S.C., Skalabrin E.J., et al. Spinal manipulative therapy is an independent risk factor for vertebral artery dissection. Neurology 60 (2003) 1424-1428
20. Rubinstein S., and Cote P. Mild mechanical traumas are possible risk factors for cervical artery dissection. Cerebrovasc Dis 24 (2007) 319
21. Rubinstein S.M., Peerdeman S.M., van Tulder M.W., et al. A systematic review of the risk factors for cervical artery dissection. Stroke 36 (2005) 1575-1580
22. Assendelft W.J., Bouter L.M., and Knipschild P.G. Complications of spinal manipulation: a comprehensive review of the literature. J Fam Pract 42 (1996) 475-480
23. Malone D.G., Baldwin N.G., Tomecek F.J., et al. Complications of cervical spine manipulation therapy: 5-year retrospective study in a single-group practice. Neurosurg Focus 13 (2002) ecp1
24. Oppenheim J.S., Spitzer D.E., and Segal D.H. Nonvascular complications following spinal manipulation. Spine J 5 (2005) 660-666
25. Tseng S.H., Lin S.M., Chen Y., et al. Ruptured cervical disc after spinal manipulation therapy: report of two cases. Spine 27 (2002) E80-E82
26. Haldeman S., and Rubinstein S.M. Cauda equina syndrome in patients undergoing manipulation of the lumbar spine. Spine 17 (1992) 1469-1473
27. Meeker W.C., and Haldeman S. Chiropractic: a profession at the crossroads of mainstream and alternative medicine. Ann Intern Med 136 (2002) 216-227
28. Greenland S., and Morgenstern H. Confounding in health research. Annu Rev Public Health 22 (2001) 189-212
29. Hill A. The environment and disease: association or causation?. Proc R Soc Med 58 (1965) 295-300
30. Charlton B.G. Attribution of causation in epidemiology: chain or mosaic?. J Clin Epidemiol 49 (1996) 105-107
31. Hofler M. The Bradford Hill considerations on causality: a counterfactual perspective. Emerg Themes Epidemiol 2 (2005) 11
32. Phillips C.V., and Goodman K.J. The missed lessons of Sir Austin Bradford Hill. Epidemiol Perspect Innov 1 (2004) 3
33. Rothman K.J., and Greenland S. Causation and causal inference in epidemiology. Am J Public Health 95 Suppl 1 (2005) S144-S150
34. Ernst E., and Assendelft W.J. Chiropractic for low back pain. We don't know whether it does more good than harm. BMJ 317 (1998) 160
35. Ernst E. Adverse effects of spinal manipulation: a systematic review. J R Soc Med 100 (2007) 330-338
36. Williams L.S., and Biller J. Vertebrobasilar dissection and cervical spine manipulation A complex pain in the neck. Neurology 60 (2003) 1408-1409
37. Assendelft W.J., Morton S.C., Yu E.I., et al. Spinal manipulative therapy for low back pain. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2004) CD000447
38. Bronfort G., Haas M., Evans R.L., et al. Efficacy of spinal manipulation and mobilization for low back pain and neck pain: a systematic review and best evidence synthesis. Spine J 4 (2004) 335-356
39. Chou R., and Huffman L.H. Nonpharmacologic therapies for acute and chronic low back pain: a review of the evidence for an American Pain Society/American College of Physicians clinical practice guideline. Ann Intern Med 147 (2007) 492-504
40. Hurwitz E.L., Aker P.D., Adams A.H., et al. Manipulation and mobilization of the cervical spine. A systematic review of the literature. Spine 21 (1996) 1746-1759
41. Gross A.R., Hoving J.L., Haines T.A., et al. A Cochrane review of manipulation and mobilization for mechanical neck disorders. Spine 29 (2004) 1541-1548
42. UK BEAM Trial Team. United Kingdom back pain exercise and manipulation (UK BEAM) randomised trial: effectiveness of physical treatments for back pain in primary care. [see comment]. BMJ 329 (2004) 1377
43. Singh G., and Triadafilopoulos G. Epidemiology of NSAID induced gastrointestinal complications. J Rheumatol Suppl 56 (1999) 18-24
44. Roelofs P.D., Deyo R.A., Koes B.W., et al. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for low back pain. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2008) CD000396
45. Kargman S., Charleson S., Cartwright M., et al. Characterization of prostaglandin G/H synthase 1 and 2 in rat, dog, monkey, and human gastrointestinal tracts. Gastroenterology 111 (1996) 445-454
46. Ofman J.J., MacLean C.H., Straus W.L., et al. A meta-analysis of severe upper gastrointestinal complications of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs. J Rheumatol 29 (2002) 804-812
47. Sandhu G.K., and Heyneman C.A. Nephrotoxic potential of selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors. Ann Pharmacother 38 (2004) 700-704
48. Dabbs V., and Lauretti W.J. A risk assessment of cervical manipulation vs. NSAIDs for the treatment of neck pain. J Manipulative Physiol Ther 18 (1995) 530-536
49. Stevinson C., and Ernst E. Risks associated with spinal manipulation. Am J Med 112 (2002) 566-571