COCA News September 09

COCA News September 09.pdf

From The President

Conference Preview - Interview with Charlotte Lebeouf-Yde by Stan Innes

Editorial - Giving An Answer When No One Is Interested In Asking The Question - by Stan Innes

News & Reviews

APERN - Australian Practitioners Emergency Response Network
Using Evidence to Improve Acute Low-Back Pain Management: Introducing the ALIGN Project
World Masters Games
Seating the Spine

Systematic Reviews

Chiropractic Treatment For Fibromylagia: A Systematic Review
Acupuncture For Migraine Prophylaxis
Massage for Low Back Pain: An Updated Systematic Review Within The Framework of The Cochrane Back Review Group
Systematic Review of Lumbar Discography as a Diagnostic Test for Chronic Low Back Pain

Abstracts

The Nordic Maintenance Care Program: Case Management of Chiropractic Patients with Low Back Pain - Defining the Patients Suitable for Various Management Strategies
Efficacy of Neck Stabilisation for Neck Pain: A Randomised Controlled Study
Pillow Use: The Behaviour of Cervical Pain, Sleep Quality and Pillow Comfort in Side Sleepers
Four-Year Follow-Up of Surgical Versus Non-Surgical Therapy for Chronic Low Back Pain
Manual Therapy for the Cervical Spine and Reported Adverse Effects: A Survey of Irish Manipulative Physiotherapists

Books

Whiplash, Headache and Neck Pain
- Author: Gwendolyn Jull, Michelle Sterling, Deborah Fall, Julia Treleaven & Shaun O'Leary
- Reviewer: Peter Werth

Info Bites

Can Occupational Health Physicians Predict Those Who Will Develop Back disorders Within One Year?
Comfrey Root Useful for Acute Back Pain
A New Hypothesis for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis?
Is Bone Density Monitoring in Older Women Taking Fosamax Unnecessary and Potentially Misleading?
Discography May Quicken Disc Degeneration
Is Dancing a Risk Factor for Discs?
A New Treatment With Promising Results or A New Treatment Inadequately Studied and Same Results?
Good Advice for Healthy Bones
Does Lumbar Fusion Predispose The Adjacent Vertebrae to Segment Disease (ASD)?
Are Orthopaedic Surgeons' More Aware Than GP's About current LBP Treatment?
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