A practice-based prospective study on the incidence and prevalence of adverse events associated with pediatric chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy.

Joel Alcantara, DC, Jeanne Ohm, DC, Kurt Kunz, BS

Journal of Pediatric, Maternal & Family Health – Chiropractic ~ December 29, 2010 ~ Page 200

Abstract

Of the practitioner-based CAM therapies, chiropractic is the largest and most established profession and highly utilized.1 Davis and colleagues2 recently found that visits to chiropractors increased 57 percent, from 7.7 million in 2000 to 12.1 million in 2003. From 1997 to 2006, the inflation-adjusted national expenditures…