COCA News December 09

COCA News - December 09.pdf

In this Issue

From The President

Conference Report - COCA's 8th Biennial

• Conference Overview - by Stan Innes & John Reggars
  
• Workshop Review (Cervical Spine Rehabilitation - Chiropractic or Physiotherapy) - by Stan Innes
  
• Research Presentations
  
• The Evidence for Cervical Manipulation vs Mobilisation - by Melinda Wassell

• World Congress of Chiropractic Students

Systematic Reviews

• Rehabilitation After Lumbar Disc Surgery: An Update Cochrane Review
• The Validity of Back Exercise Interventions
• Efficacy of Treatments for Fibromyalgia
  
• Risk Factors for Persistent Problems Following Whiplash Injury
  
• Risk Factors for Onset of Osteoarthritis (OA) of the Knee
  
• Low Back Pain Guideline Quality Continues to Improve
  
• Age Related Changes to the Lumbar Spine Ranges of Motion
  
• The Prognostic Value of Symptom Responses in the Conservative Management of Spinal Pain

Abstracts

• Aetiology of Child Acute Stiff Neck
  
• A Comparison of Anatomical Pain sites from a Tertiary Care Sample: Evidence of Disconnect BetweenFunctional and Perceived Disabilty Specific to Lower Back Pain
  
• A Randomised Controlled Trial of Spinal Manipulative Therapy in Acute Low Back Pain
  
• Increased Forward Head Posture and Restricted Cervical Range of Motion in Patients with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  
• The Supply and Demand of Chiropractors in the United States from 1996 to 2005
  
• Pain Patterns and Descriptions in Patients with Radicular Pain: Does the Pain Necessarily Follow a Specific Dermatome?

Books

• Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Review of Interventions 
  
  • Editors: Julian Higgins and Sally Green 
    
  • Reviewer: Stan Innes

Info Bites

• Stretching Versus Gradual Active Warm Up for Better Golfing Scores?
  
• When Recommending Exercises - Don't Just Recommend
  
• The Importance of Physical Activity Revealed Again
  
• Which Is Better - Multimodal Treatment or a General Exercise Program Alone?
  
• Strong Thighs Protect Against Symptoms of Osteoarthritis
  
• Some Studies Starting to Surface on Functional MRI's
  
• What's Recommended For Fibromyalgia? So Say The Rheumatic Disease Clinics
  
• What are the Risk Factors in Osteoarthritis of the Hip and Knee?
  
• Does the Weather Really Matter? My Aching Bones...
  
• What are the Risk Factors for the Development of Osteoporosis and Osteoporotic Fractures Among Older Men?
  
• What Characteristics Determine Those Who Respond Best To Acupuncture?
  
• Nature Versus Nurture. Nature Wins Again
  
• Now We Know The Risk Factors, Can We Alter The Outcomes?
  
• Are We Understood By Our Patients? Apparently Not As Well As We Believe
  
• Pillow Talk
  
• TFL And Glutues Muscle Group Changes With Hip Osteoarthritis