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Rowe DE, Feise RJ, Crowther ER, et al. Chiropractic manipulation in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a pilot study. Chiropr Osteopat. 2006;14:15doi: 10.1186/1746-1340-14-15.
Rowe, D. E., Feise, R. J., Crowther, E. R., Grod, J. P., Menke, J. M., Goldsmith, C. H., Stoline, M. R., Souza, T. A., & Kambach, B. (2006). Chiropractic manipulation in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a pilot study. Chiropractic & osteopathy, 1415. https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-1340-14-15
Rowe, Dale E, et al. "Chiropractic manipulation in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a pilot study." Chiropractic & osteopathy vol. 14 (2006): 15. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-1340-14-15
Rowe DE, Feise RJ, Crowther ER, Grod JP, Menke JM, Goldsmith CH, Stoline MR, Souza TA, Kambach B. Chiropractic manipulation in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a pilot study. Chiropr Osteopat. 2006 Aug 21;14:15. doi: 10.1186/1746-1340-14-15. PMID: 16923185; PMCID: PMC1560145.
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Chiropr Osteopat. 2006 Aug 21;14:15. doi: 10.1186/1746-1340-14-15.

Chiropractic manipulation in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a pilot study.

Chiropractic & osteopathy

Dale E Rowe, Ronald J Feise, Edward R Crowther, Jaroslaw P Grod, J Michael Menke, Charles H Goldsmith, Michael R Stoline, Thomas A Souza, Brandon Kambach

Affiliations

  1. Kalamazoo Center of Medical Studies, Michigan State University, 1000 Oakland Drive, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 16923185 PMCID: PMC1560145 DOI: 10.1186/1746-1340-14-15

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) remains the most common deforming orthopedic condition in children. Increasingly, both adults and children are seeking complementary and alternative therapy, including chiropractic treatment, for a wide variety of health concerns. The scientific evidence supporting the use chiropractic intervention is inadequate. The purpose of this study was to conduct a pilot study and explore issues of safety, patient recruitment and compliance, treatment standardization, sham treatment refinement, inter-professional cooperation, quality assurance, and outcome measure selection.

METHODS: Six patients participated in this 6-month study, 5 of whom were female. One female was braced. The mean age of these patients was 14 years, and the mean Cobb angle was 22.2 degrees. The study design was a randomized controlled clinical trial with two independent and blinded observers. Three patients were treated by standard medical care (observation or brace treatment), two were treated with standard medical care plus chiropractic manipulation, and one was treated with standard medical care plus sham manipulation. The primary outcome measure was Cobb, and the psychosocial measure was Scoliosis Quality of Life Index.

RESULTS: Orthopedic surgeons and chiropractors were easily recruited and worked cooperatively throughout the trial. Patient recruitment and compliance was good. Chiropractic treatments were safely employed, and research protocols were successful.

CONCLUSION: Overall, our pilot study showed the viability for a larger randomized trial. This pilot confirms the strength of existing protocols with amendments for use in a full randomized controlled trial.

TRIAL REGISTRATION: This trial has been assigned an international standard randomized controlled trial number by Current Controlled Trials, Ltd. http://www.controlled-trials.com/isrctn/. The number is ISRCTN41221647.

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