CJA Vol.23 Issue 1Editorial: Why Manuscripts Succeed or Fail Report from the Third Annual Meeting of the Chiropractic Research
Journal Editors' Council A Wholistic Approach to the Treatment of Bronchial
Asthma in a Chiropractic Practice Dietary Adequacy: A Pilot Study of Australian
Vegetarians Milestones in Spinography: An Australian
Perspective Traumatic Os Odontoideum? A Case Report A Description of WorkCare Claims Where Chiropractors
Wrote the Initiating Certificate: Victoria 1990/91 ABSTRACTS A Wholistic Approach to the Treatment of Bronchial Asthma in a Chiropractic Practice DEAN H. LINES Three case studies involving two children and a mature adult with medically established diagnoses of bronchial asthma are presented. Management in each case involved chiropractic adjustments combined with a "clinical ecology" approach which has been found useful in identifying food and environmental allergens that may act as triggering factors for asthma attacks. This paper suggests that such a broad-based management approach may lead to higher rates of response to chiropractic treatment of asthma, as well as providing greater long-term relief for its victims. INDEX TERMS: MeSH: asthma; chiropractic; Other: clinical ecology. Chiropractic J Aust 1993 Mar;23(1):4-8 Dietary Adequacy: A Pilot Study of Australian Vegetarians JENNIFER R. JAMISON, CAROLYN MINSTER and NEVEK PARKERTwenty vegetarian volunteers participated in a study to assess the nutritional adequacy of their usual diet. Dietary intake was determined by analysing a three-day weighed intake using the Diet 1 NUTTAB data base, and nutrient adequacy was evaluated according to the Australian recommended daily allowances. A number of nutrient deficiencies were detected. Zinc deficiency emerged as a particular problem in the female participants of this study. A strategy which provides vegetarians with an accurate assessment of their dietary intake and facilitates acquisition of a better knowledge of food composition is discussed. INDEX TERMS: MeSH: vegetarianism; diet;zinc;calcium,dietary;iron;nutritive value;biological availability;nutritional requirements. Other: dietary deficiency. Chiropractic J Aust 1993 Mar;23(1):9-14 Milestones in Spinography: An Australian Perspective ROLF E. PETERS and MARY ANN CHANCE Daniel David Palmer and Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen were born in the same year, and each of them, at the age of fifty, made the discovery for which he came to be best known. Both of them built upon earlier theories and discoveries. Roentgen's discovery, x-ray, was to become an indispensable diagnostic tool for the profession which grew out of Palmer's discovery, chiropractic. This paper traces some of the developments which led to the discovery of x-ray, early milestones in applied radiography, and the emergence of spinography in chiropractic. Special emphasis is given to chiropractic innovations in roentgenography and the use of spinography by chiropractors practising in Australia. INDEX TERM: MeSH: chiropractic; history of medicine, 19th century; history of medicine, 20th century; radiography. Other: history of chiropractic; spinography Chiropractic J Aust 1993 Mar;23(1):15-28 Traumatic Os Odontoideum? A Case Report W. BRUCE ELLIS and LAINIE KAAN An unstable dens fracture was discovered in a patient during an initial examination at our chiropractic clinic. This fracture had an anterior-to-posterior translation movement of 9mm when examined by plain film radiography. We discuss the possible traumatic origin of this lesion and some mechanisms of the creation of an os odontoideum. INDEX TERMS: MeSH: atlanto-axial joint; joint instability;spine,abnormalities. Other: os odontoideum Chiropractic J Aust 1993 Mar;23(1):29-32 LEE D. DE COSTER and PHILLIP S. EBRALL This study was a retrospective description of all initiating WorkCare certificates written by Victorian chiropractors during the first twelve-month period of the reinstatement of their entitlement to do so. A total of 1,471 claims were identified where injury management was only by a chiropractor. The sample was described in both demographic and case-mix terms. The initiation of claims loosely followed the historical pattern, as did the distribution of age groupings. There was a slight gender bias towards female claimants. Chiropractors were shown to manage a broad range of afflictions, the most prevalent being sprains and the most common body location the back. The broad range of afflictions currently managed is a strong indicator of the community's expectations of what a chiropractor is expected to deliver as a primary contact health practitioner. Most claimants with chiropractic management did not require compensation days paid for by the Accident Compensation Commission. Of those who did, the majority required less than 90 days. The average cost per claim was $954.53. The value of this study lies in its historical documentary quality and in the identification of new, quantitative data for use by economists, planners and social scientists in determining ways to improve the cost-effective management of the injured worker. It also presents new information to direct both the education and assessment of the undergraduate chiropractic students and continuing education programs for graduates. INDEX TERMS: MeSH: workman's compensation; occupational health; management; chiropractic. Chiropractic J Aust 1993 Mar;23(1):33-37 |
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