Home PublicationsChiropractic Journal of AustraliaBack Issues: 1990-1999Volume 25 Vol.25 Issue 1

CJA Vol.25 Issue 1

Editorial: Reflections and Resolutions
Chance MA, Peters RE

Chiropractic in Australia: First contact
Peters RE, Chance MA

1945: The half-way point (or, it was fifty years ago today)
Ebrall PS

Chiropractic referral: In search of criteria upon which medical practitioners agree to refer for chiropractic care
Jamison JR

1993 World Indoor Cycling Championships
Woo C-C

ABSTRACTS

1945: The half-way point (or, it was fifty years ago today).

Ebrall PS.

This paper presents some aspects of the chiropractic profession as they were at the half-way point of its 100-year history, in the form of a descriptive review of the 1945 volume of one of the major journals of that time, the Journal of the National Chiropractic Association of America. Against a milieu of advertising for every conceivable therapeutic adjunct to the adjustment, and with wartime austerity, several developments of significance for the profession happened around 1945 in the United States. These included Nugent's drive to higher educational standards and the accreditation of chiropractic colleges, Watkins' push to formalise chiropractic clinical science, and the Association's establishment of the Chiropractic Research Foundation. It is concluded that these three achievements alone can still be seen as pivotal in the continued successful development of the chiropractic profession today.

Chiropractic J Aust 1995 Mar;25(1):6-12

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Chiropractic referral: In search of criteria.

Jamison JR.

OBJECTIVE: To clarify medical-chiropractic interaction in primary practice by seeking consensus on the clinical findings upon which chiropractic referral by medical practitioners may be based.
DESIGN: A descriptive study in which 820 medical practitioners with an interest in 'unconventional' interventions were invited to respond to a mailed questionnaire.
PARTICIPANTS: medical practitioners with a demonstrable interest in at least one form of non-conventional therapy were surveyed. Seven hundred and ninety-six (796) medical practitioners who subscribe to a professional organisation committed to 'alternative' nutritional approaches in health care were mailed questionnaires. Twenty-four practitioners known to be sympathetic to chiropractic were also included. The response rate was 28%.
RESULTS: There is poor agreement amongst medical practitioners as to the appropriateness of clinical findings deemed suitable referral criteria by chiropractic specialists. The conditions receiving strongest support for chiropractic referral are backache of mechanical origin and cervicogenic headaches. Medical agreement on referral criteria was highest for these two conditions.
CONCLUSIONS: Lack of consensus amongst medical practitioners with respect to appropriate chiropractic referral criteria deserves consideration as a factor contributing to the poor functional integration of chiropractic into the conventional health care system in Australia.

Chiropractic J Aust 1995 Mar;25(1):13-8

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1993 World Indoor Cycling Championships: Rules and injuries in cycle-ball and cycle-artistic.

Woo C-C

The 1993 World Indoor Cycling Championships, in which 19 of the world's top cycling teams participated, were held in Hong Kong. With increasing participation, intensity, demands, and longer training periods, acute and chronic injuries occurred in both of the games involved. Falls were more common in cycle-ball than cycle-artistic. Acute microtrauma to body tissues happened as a result of falls and collisions; chronic overuse injuries were sustained from repetitive tissue overload or microtrauma. Fortunately none were seriously injured; nine of the 135 athletes had minor injuries, including six contusions, two strains and one sprain. To understand the mechanisms of injuries, the rules of play or performance and equipment of the spectacular, fast-moving game of cycle-ball, and the slow, acrobatic figures of cycle-artistic are reviewed and analysed. Cycle-ball is a collision sport; cycle-artistic is a non-collision sport. Sports-specific injuries, potential risk factors and injury prevention are discussed. Suggestions made to prevent or minimise injuries include continuing revision of the existing rules by the international cycling authority.

Chiropractic J Aust 1995 Mar;25(1):19-27

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