Managing patients with acute and chronic non-specific neck pain: are Danish chiropractors compliant with guidelines?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Non-specific neck pain represents a quarter of all chiropractic patient visits in Denmark. Evidence informed practice can help ensure providers use best available treatment, speed up patient recovery rate and reduce healthcare utilization. It is generally believed that Danish chiropractors treat according to best practice, but we do not know if this is true for management of neck-pain. The objective of this study was to investigate how Danish chiropractors treat patients with acute and chronic non-specific neck pain and determine if management is compliant with recent Canadian guideline recommendations.

Methods

An online survey was sent to 554 members of the Danish chiropractic association. A three-part questionnaire was administered asking participants to: 1) ran

SUBMITTER: Brockhusen SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5492917 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature