CJA Vol.36 Issue 1Editorial: What Destiny Do We Deserve? - p1 Two Reports of Resolution of Polycystic Ovary
Syndrome-Induced Anovulation in Females Receiving Neuro-Emotional
Technique - p2 A Retrospective View of Historical Periods in
Australian Chiropractic History - p9 History of the Sydney College of Chiropractic -
p17 Organ Dosimetry in Spinal Radiography: A Comparison
of 3-Region Sectional and Full-Spine Techniques - p33 Letters - p 40 ABSTRACTS PETER BABLIS, HENRY POLLARD and ANDREW McHARDY Objective: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the stress-reducing technique Neuro Emotional Technique in promoting ovulation by decreasing both apparent and perceived stress. Clinical Features: Two chronic anovulating patients underwent Neuro Emotional Technique. A visual analogue scale was used to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention. Outcomes: Anovulating patients started to ovulate following a series of treatments. Initial VAS scale on menstrual irregularity was rated 10 out of a possible 10 (anovulation) for both patients. After treatment, both patients rated 0 out of 10 on the VAS scale. A discussion of the potential link between stress and anovulation through decreased insulin sensitivity and how the use of Neuro Emotional Technique resolved the anovulation seen in two patients is presented. Conclusion: This study shows the successful management of anovulation by Neuro emotional Technique in an uncontrolled case series. Further study into this through randomised controlled trial is required to investigate this technique as a therapy for anovulation in females. INDEX TERMS: (MeSH): POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; STRESS; CHIROPRACTIC. (Other): NEURO EMOTIONAL TECHNIQUE. Chiropr J Aust 2006; 36:2-8. History of the Sydney College of Chiropractic EDWIN P. DEVEREAUX, BRIAN K. O’REILLY and JOHN CICE The formal teaching of spinal manipulation in Australia for chiropractors and osteopaths began in private, freestanding institutions, first in Victoria in the 1930s, New South Wales in 1959 and South Australia in 1963. These institutions followed the inherent procedures of contemporary professions such as medicine, law and education. Spinal manipulation education was therefore greatly influenced by the processes emanating from the United Kingdom. Dedicated individuals involved in natural health care fostered the education of manipulation in Australia in response to community need. As time passed, the education process became increasingly influenced by chiropractors from the United States and Canada. This paper traces the origin and development of the Sydney College of Chiropractic (SCC), which has made a major contribution to chiropractic and osteopathic education in Australia. Included in this study are elements of the Pax College of Osteopathy, Ballarat, Victoria and Caringbah, NSW; the Roberts Health Academy, Melbourne, which later became the Chiropractic and Osteopathic College of Australasia (COCA); the South Australian Institute of Chiropractic and Osteopathy, Adelaide; the Kjellberg Method, Queensland; and the recognition of Australian-trained chiropractors by legislative bodies. The developing educational process includes the accreditation program conducted by SCC for further education of the chiropractic profession in Australia and the eventual establishment, through amalgamation of the SCC with Macquarie University (MU), of the world’s first chiropractic course in a public-funded university. INDEX TERMS: MeSH: CHIROPRACTIC; OSTEOPATHY; AUSTRALIA; EDUCATION; ACCREDITATION; HISTORICAL ARTICLE. OTHER: SYDNEY COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC; SYDNEY COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHY; SPINAL AND PERIPHERAL MANIPULATION; REGISTRATION. Chiropr J Aust 2006; 36:17-32. A Retrospective View of Historical Periods in Australian Chiropractic History STANLEY P. BOLTON Chiropractic, in retrospect, has achieved a significant independent role in private healthcare delivery during its first century in Australia. This paper identifies early chiropractors, summarises periods of those first 100 years, notes significant landmarks, and traces historical forces interacting in chiropractic’s independent development. Now entering its second century, integration of chiropractic into the public healthcare delivery system is the new challenge to be addressed. This involves successful integration of chiropractors into government-funded, medically dominated hospitals, community health centres, and other healthcare institutions without compromise and public funding by both governments and industry for chiropractic education and research. Integration of chiropractic into the public healthcare system challenges chiropractors, other health professionals, governments, and industry. How this comes about will determine whether chiropractic continues to develop with integrity in its second century in Australia, or becomes subsumed to medical practice. INDEX TERMS: (MeSH): CHIROPRACTIC; AUSTRALIA; HISTORICAL ARTICLE. Chiropr J Aust 2006; 36:9-16. Organ Dosimetry in Spinal Radiography: A Comparison of 3-Region Sectional and Full-Spine Techniques DEANNE M. CRACKNELL and PETER W. BULL It is important that absorbed and effective doses of radiation to patients from diagnostic plain film radiography be optimised, however whether 3-region sectional or full-spine radiography delivers the lowest patient radiation dose remains controversial. This study investigated and quantified the difference in both full-body effective doses and absorbed doses to critical organs resulting from sectional and full-spine imaging protocols. Lithium fluoride (LiF) thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLD-100) were positioned within an anthropomorphic phantom at the levels of eye, thyroid gland, breast, ovary and testis. The anteroposterior (AP) sectional and AP full-spine exposures employed gonadal shielding, and the AP and lateral full-spine exposures utilised Nolan density-equalising filtering procedures. When compared with AP sectional exposures, the AP full-spine exposure gave consistently less absorbed doses to all critical organs, most noticeably at the thyroid gland. Lateral exposures gave varying results, with the full-spine exposures giving larger radiation doses to breasts and testes and the sectional exposures resulting in larger doses to the thyroid gland and ovaries. Further comparison shoed the full-spine protocol (AP and lateral) to give a lower calculated total-body effective dose than the 3-region sectional protocol (AP and lateral). Concerns over high radiation doses resulting from diagnostic spinal radiography, especially those relating to use of full-spine imaging protocols, were not supported by our data. Consequently, clinical use of full-spine radiographic techniques should not be limited on the basis o radiation absorbed dose. INDEX TERMS: MeSH: DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING, SKELETAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING, SPINE; RISK ASSESSMENT. OTHER: DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE MEASUREMENT. |
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