Evaluation of United States chiropractic professional subgroups: a survey of randomly sampled chiropractors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Professional subgroups are common and may play a role in aiding professional maturity or impeding professional legitimization. The chiropractic profession in the United States has a long history of diverse intra-professional subgroups with varying ideologies and practice styles. To our knowledge, large-scale quantification of chiropractic professional subgroups in the United States has not been conducted. The purpose of this study was to quantify and describe the clinical practice beliefs and behaviors associated with United States chiropractic subgroups.

Methods

A 10% random sample of United States licensed chiropractors (n = 8975) was selected from all 50 state regulatory board lists and invited to participate in a survey. The survey consisted of a 7-item questi

SUBMITTER: Gliedt JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8491397 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature