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Published in: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 1/2005

Open Access 01-12-2005 | Debate

Subluxation: dogma or science?

Authors: Joseph C Keating Jr, Keith H Charlton, Jaroslaw P Grod, Stephen M Perle, David Sikorski, James F Winterstein

Published in: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies | Issue 1/2005

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Abstract

Subluxation syndrome is a legitimate, potentially testable, theoretical construct for which there is little experimental evidence. Acceptable as hypothesis, the widespread assertion of the clinical meaningfulness of this notion brings ridicule from the scientific and health care communities and confusion within the chiropractic profession. We believe that an evidence-orientation among chiropractors requires that we distinguish between subluxation dogma vs. subluxation as the potential focus of clinical research. We lament efforts to generate unity within the profession through consensus statements concerning subluxation dogma, and believe that cultural authority will continue to elude us so long as we assert dogma as though it were validated clinical theory.
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Metadata
Title
Subluxation: dogma or science?
Authors
Joseph C Keating Jr
Keith H Charlton
Jaroslaw P Grod
Stephen M Perle
David Sikorski
James F Winterstein
Publication date
01-12-2005
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Chiropractic & Manual Therapies / Issue 1/2005
Electronic ISSN: 2045-709X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-1340-13-17

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