Physical injury assessment of male versus female chiropractic students when learning and performing various adjustive techniques: a preliminary investigative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Reports of musculoskeletal injuries that some chiropractic students experienced while in the role of adjustor became increasingly evident and developed into the basis of this study. The main objective of this study was to survey a select student population and identify, by gender, the specific types of musculoskeletal injuries they experienced when learning adjustive techniques in the classroom, and performing them in the clinical setting.

Methods

A survey was developed to record musculoskeletal injuries that students reported to have sustained while practicing chiropractic adjustment set-ups and while delivering adjustments. The survey was modeled from similar instruments used in the university's clinic as well as those used in professional practice. Stratified s

SUBMITTER: Bisiacchi DW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1560146 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature