Home PublicationsChiropractic Journal of AustraliaBack Issues: 1990-1999Volume 29 Vol.29 Issue 2

CJA Vol.29 Issue 2

Editorial: Chiropractic: A World View:
Mary Ann Chance and Rolf E. Peters

Accreditation of Chiropractic Education in Australia
Andries M. Kleynhans

Is Excess Weight Related to Chronic Spinal Pain?
Peter G. Baker and Lynton G.E Giles

Chiropractic and the Law: Prosecution, Persecution, Protection, Politics
Rolf E. Peters and MaryAnn Chance

Commentary: Symptom-Based Medical Diagnosis: A Strategy for Teaching Chiropractic Students
Jennifer R. Jamison

Report from the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Chiropractic Research Journal Editors' Council

Accreditation of Chiropractic Education in Australia

ANDRIES M. KLEYNHANS

The Australasian Council on Chiropractic Education Limited (ACCE) and Joint Education Committee of ParticipatingAustralasian Chiropractors and Osteopaths Registration Boards (JEC) both provide accreditation of chiropractic first-professional program ,s while the Australasian Conference of Chiropractors and Osteopaths Registration Boards (ACCORB) in 1998 agreed to establish an Australian and New Zealand Chiropractic Council. It is argued that one accrediting body for chiropractic in Australia is sufficient and that the current impasse provides an excellent opportunity to stand back and address questions about the best chiropractic accreditation system forAustralia and New Zealand. The following questions are addressed: Who are the shareholders involved? What is accreditation? Who should accredit? What is good accreditation? What is a good accreditation body? What documentation is required? Who should be involved in accreditation? Recommendations are made on what is perceived to be the best for chiropractic in present context.

INDEX TERMS: MeSH: EDUCATION; CHIROPRACTIC; ACCREDITATION; AUSTRALIA.

Chiropr J Aust 1999; 29: 45-50

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Is Excess Weight Related to Chronic Spinal Pain?

PETER G. BAKER and LYNTON G.F. GILES

Objective: To determine whether excess weight is related to chronic spinal pain.
Design: Prospective nonrelational study.
Setting:. Hospital-based multidisciplinary spinal pain unit.
Subjects: 152 consecutive patients (71 males, 81 females) with chronic spinal pain attending the unit. Method.. The Body Mass Index (BMI) of patients was assessed over a six-month period.
Main Outcome Measure: Comparison with the BMI of the general population as reported by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Results: The average BMI of patients (26.3) was found to be identical to that of the general population', 52.6% of patients with chronic spinal pain were overweight or obese, compared with 55.5% of the general population. The average patient in the study was aged 42, with a 7.4-year history of significant spinal pain, and about 3-4 kg above the upper limit of ideal weight.
Conclusions: These results do not support the concept that patients with chronic spinal pain are more overweight than the general population, or with the possible exception of morbidly obese individuals, that excess weight is a significant factor in the pathogenesis of chronic spinal pain.

INDEX TERMS: MeSH: LOW BACK PAIN; OBESITY.

Chiropr J Aust 1999; 29: 51-4,

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Chiropractic's First HaIf-Century-1895-1945 Chiropractic and the Law: Prosecution, Persecution, Protection, Politics

ROLF E. PETERS and MARY ANN CHANCE

A short sketch is presented on early opposition to chiropractic and the profession's response to it, both in the United States and Australia, tracing some of the prosecutions and persecutions of chiropractors, early attempts at forming associations and first struggles to obtain legal recognition.

INDEX TERMS: CHIROPRACTIC; HISTORY OF MEDICINE: CHIROPRACTIC, 20TH CENTURY; LEGISLATION; AUSTRALIA; POLITICS; HISTORICAL ARTICLE.

Chiropr J Aust 1999; 29:55-64.

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