A systematic review of chiropractic care for fall prevention: rationale, state of the evidence, and recommendations for future research.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Falls in older adults are a significant and growing public health concern. There are multiple risk factors associated with falls that may be addressed within the scope of chiropractic training and licensure. Few attempts have been made to summarize existing evidence on multimodal chiropractic care and fall risk mitigation. Therefore, the broad purpose of this review was to summarize this research to date. BODY: Systematic review was conducted following PRISMA guidelines. Databases searched included PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, PEDro, and Index of Chiropractic Literature. Eligible study designs included randomized controlled trials (RCT), prospective non-randomized controlled, observational, and cross-over studies in which multimodal chiropractic care was the primary

SUBMITTER: Grabowska W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9442928 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature