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This study was performed on patients in a typical chiropractors office. It found that patients with low-back and neck pain experienced a 52.5% reduction in low-back pain and a 53.8% reduction in neck pain. Disability due to low-back pain was reduced by 52.9% and neck pain by 48.4%. This study demonstrated that under chiropractic care, patients with mechanical neck pain and/or low-back pain show significant improvement.
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McMorland G, Suter E. Chiropractic management of mechanical neck and low-back pain: A retrospective, outcome-based Analysis. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics 23(5):307-311, 2000.
A study to evaluate the one-month outcomes of chiropractic patients versus patients taking anti-inflammatory drugs for back pain showed that the chiropractic patients had 5 times greater improvement than the anti-inflammatory group. 90% of the chiropractic patients claimed satisfaction with their care, while only 52% of the medical patients reported the same.
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Nyiendo J, Haas M, Goodwin P. Patient characteristics, practice activities, and one-month outcomes for chronic, recurrent low-back pain treated by chiropractors and family medicine physicians: a practice-based feasibility study. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics 23(4):239-245, 2000.
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