Education & Research
Active in Research, Dynamic in Chiropractic Education Sherman College of Chiropractic is expanding its vision to conduct research focused on vertebral subluxation. The college’s Center for Scholarly Activity is committed to improving the teaching and practice of chiropractic in a salutogenic, evidence-informed context focused on the analysis and correction of vertebral subluxations. The following recent publications address chiropractic analysis: u Brewster, A., Seay, C. sEMG Analysis of Lumbar Paraspinal Muscle Recruitment During Chiropractic Cervical Syndrome Evaluation: A Pilot Study. Annals of Vertebral Subluxation Research, Volume 2022, February 14, 60-64. Cervical syndrome checks are commonly used in the characterization of vertebral subluxations. This study used surface electromyography to measure muscle tone during cervical syndrome tests. u Becker, D., Brewster, A., Greene-Orndorff, L., Theodossis, C. The Effects of Lateral Malpositioning of a Lumbopelvic Phantom on Chiropractic Pelvic Listings. Annals of Vertebral Subluxation Research, Volume 2021, November 8, 76-83. This study addressed the effects of x-ray positioning on listing determination in the pelvis using a phantom. u Kent, C., Costello, K. Prevalence of Abnormal Findings in a Cohort of 737 Patients Referred for MRI Examination by Doctors of Chiropractic and Potential Neurological Consequences Associated with Vertebral Subluxation. Annals of Vertebral Subluxation Research, Volume 2021, August 1, 53-61. This large study reported that degenerative changes in the spine may be associated with vertebral subluxations. Possible neurobiological mechanisms associated with vertebral subluxations include compression, stretch, dysafferentation, dyskinesia, dysponesis, dysautonomia, neuroplasticity and ephaptic transmission. u Kuhta, P., Greene-Orndorff, L., Gregory, M. Positioning of Chiropractic Patients for CBCT Imaging of the Cervical Spine. Data collected. Manuscript in preparation. This publication contains a description of the technical aspects concerned with the acquisition of Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) images for chiropractic analysis.
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