CJA Vol.18 Issue 2Investing in the Future of Chiropractic International Chiropractic Congress 1988—A Preview Development of Chiropractic in Australia Degenerative Joint Disease in the Cervical Spine of
Chiropractic Patients Hemispherical Spondylosclerosis: A Case
Report A Comparison of Contained versus Non-contained Disc
Lesions: A Case Report Recently Graduated Chiropractors in Australia, Part
4: Diagnostic Procedures Dietary Assessment—Experiential Learning in
Nutritional Intervention for Chiropractic Students Sacro-Occipital Technique: The So-called Arm-Fossa
Test, Intra-examiner Agreement and Post-treatment Changes ABSTRACTS Development of Chiropractic in Australia JOHN A. SWEANEY Various aspects of the development of chiropractic in Australia are explored from the earliest evidence of manipulation and the introduction of chiropractic. Development is related to the legislative influences and the emergence and impact of the Australian Chiropractors' Association. Efforts to unify the professional associations are traced, identifying reasons for limited success. Changes in attitude are reviewed, specifically those of the profession, the public and the health bureaucracy. Finally, brief mention is made of the influence of medicine on the establishment of chiropractic in Australia. INDEX TERMS: HISTORY; CHIROPRACTIC; AUSTRALIA. J Aust Chiropr Assoc 1988 Jun;18(2):46-50 Degenerative Joint Disease in the Cervical Spine of Chiropractic Patients PHILIP S. BOLTON and ANDREW E. WARE The plain radiographs of the cervical spine of two hundred adult patients who had consulted a chiropractor were reviewed and examined for signs of degenerative joint disease. In addition, the location of greatest stress and strain was determined on each neutral lateral cervical radiograph using a previously described method. Forty percent of the cervical spine radiographic series had evidence of degenerative joint disease. The degenerative joint disease was most commonly found at the C5-C6 motion unit. The location of greatest stress and strain was most commonly found at the C4 vertebral body. Its location on radiographs with degenerative joint disease was not significantly different (p > 0.05) from its location on those radiographs without degenerative joint disease. Analysis of scaled deviance indicated that the location of degenerative joint disease and location of greatest stress and strain were unrelated. There was no apparent difference in the prevalence of degenerative joint disease of the cervical spine of subjects presenting to the chiropractor compared with a previous study of asymptomatic subjects who had no history of cervical spine trauma, pathology or pain. INDEX TERMS: DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE; CERVICAL SPINE; LORDOSIS; CHIROPRACTIC. J Aust Chiropr Assoc 1988 Jun;18(2):51-4 Hemispherical Spondylosclerosis: A Case Report LINDSAY J. ROWE Hemispherical spondylosclerosis (HSS) is a relatively common but frequently overlooked phenomenon. A case is reported, and clinical and radiological features are discussed. INDEX TERMS: SPONDYLOSCLEROSIS; LUMBAR SPINE. J Aust Chiropr Assoc 1988 Jun;18(2):55-6 A Comparison of Contained versus Non-contained Disc Lesions: A Case Report ZACHARY J. ZACHMAN, ALFRED D. TRAINA and THOMAS F. BERGMANN A patient with a contained disc lesion was treated by chiropractic methods and responded well. After a second injury, the same patient presented with a non-contained disc lesion, and similar chiropractic care did not have beneficial results. INDEX TERMS: CONTAINED DISC; NON-CONTAINED DISC; CHIROPRACTIC; LUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT; PROGNOSIS. J Aust Chiropr Assoc 1988 Jun;18(2):57-9 Recently Graduated Chiropractors in Australia, Part 4: Diagnostic Procedures CHARLOTTE LEBOEUF and MICHAEL N. WEBB A survey of diagnostic procedures performed by recently graduated chiropractors in Australia revealed that the vast majority spent considerable time performing a large number of general physical examinations and specific chiropractic tests. The majority reported spending 16-30 minutes with the patient at the initial consultation, and performed an average of 10 physical examination procedures. The time spent at the first visit was not directly proportional to the number of physical examination procedures performed during the course of this visit. X-rays were used mainly in order to exclude pathology and usually obtained in the chiropractor's own office. INDEX TERMS: CHIROPRACTORS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES; ORTHOPAEDIC TESTS; NEUROLOGICAL TESTS; CHIROPRACTIC ANALYTIC TESTS; X-RAYS; CONSULTATION TIME. J Aust Chiropr Assoc 1988 Jun;18(2):60-2 Dietary Assessment-Experiential Learning in Nutritional Intervention for Chiropractic Students JENNIFER R. JAMISON Experiential learning is a valued contemporary format for enabling students to appreciate subjective reality; it is a particularly useful tool for assisting students to better appreciate the impact of various clinical interventions. This study describes the use of an experiential learning format in dietary assessment. The difficulties experienced in data collection, analysis and interpretation are preparation for the dilemmas which will be encountered by the student wishing to employ dietary intervention in clinical practice. INDEX TERMS: EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; CHIROPRACTIC; DIETARY ASSESSMENT. J Aust Chiropr Assoc 1988 Jun;18(2):63-6 CHARLOTTE LEBOEUF, DELIA J. JENKINS and ROBERT A. SMYTH Forty-five subjects, previously found to display a positive arm-fossa test, were re-examined by a blinded assessor after allocation into three groups: a group given supine, so-called category II blocking (considered correct treatment), a group given prone, so-called category I blocking (considered incorrect treatment) and a control group who were given no therapy. Eighty-six percent of the control group remained unchanged (good intra-examiner agreement). Seventy-three percent of the `correctly' treated group became negative, whereas those receiving `incorrect' blocking showed a mixed response. INDEX TERMS: CHIROPRACTIC; SACRO-ILIAC JOINT; SACRO-OCCIPITAL TECHNIQUE; ARM-FOSSA TEST. J Aust Chiropr Assoc 1988 Jun;18(2):67-8 |
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