COCA News December 2008

COCA News Dec 08

In this Issue

Presidents Page

Editorial - More on Degenerative Disc Disease - Stan Innes

Feature - How Can Chiropractic Become a Respected Mainstream Profession? - Murphy D, Schneider M, Seaman D, Perle S, Nelson C.

Special Feature - Photo spread from the National Conference - October 2008

News Update  - Cochrane Collaboration Updates and Meta Analytic Reviews

• Can weight loss prevent cancer?
  
• Can physical activity influence head and neck cancer risk?
  
• Prevalence of chronic pain after traumatic brain injury
  
• What? Cheerleading causes most severe sports injuries in young women!
  
• A double blind randomized clinical trial for lateral elbow pain comparing cortisone and placebo
  
• Is there a link between migraine, vascular risk, and cardiovascular events in women?
  
• Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs may be associated with increased aortic stiffness

Book Reviews

• Cranial Osteopathic Biomechanics, Pathomechanics & Diagnostics for practitioners
• Author: Alain Gehin
  
• Reviewer: Dr Marnie Norfolk BSc MHS (Osteo)
• Somatic Dysfunction in Osteopathic Family Medicine
• Authors: Kenneth Nelson & Thomas Glonek
• Reviewer: Yasmin Qureshi BSc (clinical), MHS (Osteo)

Abstracts

• Exercise and non-specific low back pain: A Literature Review
  
• Which subgroups of patients with non-specific neck pain are more likely to benefit from spinal manipulation therapy, physiotherapy, or usual care?
  
• Oral Steroids in initial treatment of acute sciatica
  
• Effect of therapeutic exercise for hip osteoarthritis pain: Results of a meta-analysis
  
• Adverse effects of spinal manipulative therapy in children younger than 3 years: A retrospective study in a chiropractic teaching clinic
  
• Life expectancy after lumbar spine surgery: One to eleven year follow-up of 1015 patients
  
• Course and prognostic factors of whiplash: A systematic review and meta-analysis
  
• Modic changes: A systematic review of the literature