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Chiropractic students call for action against unsubstantiated claims
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Plener J
; Csiernik B
; Bejarano G
; Hjertstrand J
; Goodall B
Chiropr Man Therap
2020[May]; 28
(1
): 26
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BACKGROUND: The 2019 coronavirus pandemic is a current global health crisis. Many
chiropractic institutions, associations, and researchers have stepped up at a
time of need. However, a subset of the chiropractic profession has claimed that
spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) is clinically effective in improving one's
immunity, despite the lack of supporting scientific evidence. These
unsubstantiated claims contradict official public health policy reflecting poorly
on the profession. The aim of this commentary is to provide our perspective on
the claims regarding SMT and clinically relevant immunity enhancement, drawing
attention to the damaging ramifications these claims might have on our
profession's reputation. MAIN TEXT: The World Federation of Chiropractic released
a rapid review demonstrating the lack of clinically relevant evidence regarding
SMT and immunity enhancement. The current claims contradicting this review carry
significant potential risk to patients. Furthermore, as a result of these
misleading claims, significant media attention and public critiques of the
profession are being made. We believe inaction by regulatory bodies will lead to
confusion among the public and other healthcare providers, unfortunately damaging
the profession's reputation. The resulting effect on the reputation of the
profession is greatly concerning to us, as students. CONCLUSION: It is our hope
that all regulatory bodies will protect the public by taking appropriate action
against chiropractors making unfounded claims contradicting public health policy.
We believe it is the responsibility of all stakeholders in the chiropractic
profession to ensure this is carried out and the standard of care is raised. We
call on current chiropractors to ensure a viable profession exists moving
forward.
|*Manipulation, Chiropractic
[MESH]
|*Students, Health Occupations
[MESH]
|COVID-19
[MESH]
|Chiropractic/education/standards
[MESH]
|Coronavirus Infections/immunology/*prevention & control
[MESH]