CHIROPRACTIC RESEARCH STUDIES
The AHCPR Findings
The results published in 1994 by the United
States Agency for Health Care Policy Research, reviewed the
many treatments for acute low back pain in adults. The panel consisted
of medical doctors, osteopaths, nurses, physical therapists, and
others familiar with the treatment of low back pain. The results
of their five-year study concluded that relief "can be accomplished
most safely with nonprescription medication and/or spinal manipulation."
The Magna Report
In 1993, the Ontario
Ministry of Health funded a Canadian research project  to
study if chiropractic could help lower the costs of work-related
injuries or improve the rehabilitation of disabled or injured workers:
the results were astounding.
This study specifically explored the effectiveness of chiropractic
management of low back pain. Based on a historical review of the
most significant clinical studies, the panel of researchers concluded
that the approaches employed by chiropractic doctors were more effective
than traditional forms of treatment. In fact, they found the most
commonly used medical treatments have questionable value.
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The
1990 report observed that patients seen by chiropractic doctors
were significantly better within six months and remained so during
the two year follow-up period. This and other evidence, led researchers
to conclude that Chiropractic Care compares more favorably than
traditional outpatient hospital treatment. 
for
the purposes of administering chiropractic treatment, furthering
the clinical education and training of doctors of chiropractic,
or having x-rays, clinical laboratory tests and reports thereon
made for doctors of chiropractic and their patients and/or
previously taken x-rays, clinical laboratory tests and reports
made available to them upon (patient) authorization."