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HEALTHBEAT SHOW NOTES .... Episode #70 - Recorded November 10, 2006Hello
and welcome to this week’s edition of HealthBeat, Chiropractic OnLine Today’s
Health, News and informational Podcast. In
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HealthBeat, This is Dr. Todd Eglow. Welcome
to HealthBeat Podcast #70, recorded
November 10, 2006. HealthBeat is
Chiropractic OnLine Today’s radio program, providing current news and
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Now for some news …. Spinal
Manipulation for Lower Extremity Injuries A
study in the September 2006 issue of Chiropractic and Osteopathy looked at
Lumbar disc herniation being a problem frequently encountered in manual
medicine. While
manual therapy has shown reasonable success in symptomatic management of these
cases, little information is known how manual therapy may affect the structure
and function of the lumbar disc itself. In
cases where lumbar disc herniation is accompanied by radicular symptoms,
electrodiagnostic testing has been used to provide objective clinical
information on nerve function. The
study presented examines the treatment rendered for a patient with lower
extremity neurological deficit, as diagnosed on electrodiagnostic testing. The
patient was treated using spinal manipulation and exercises performed on a
Pettibon Wobble Chairtrade mark, using electrodiagnostic testing as the primary
outcome assessment. The
study concluded that - Motion-based therapies, as part of a comprehensive
rehabilitation program, may contribute to the restoration of daily function and
the reversal of neurological insult as detected by electrodiagnostic testing.
Electrodiagnostic testing may be a useful clinical tool to evaluate the progress
of chiropractic patients with lumbar disc herniation and radicular pain
syndromes. For
more information, surf to our Show Notes for a link to this study - http://www.chiroandosteo.com/content/14/1/20 NCCAM
Announce New Career Development Award The
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) recently
announced a prestigious career development award designed to diminish the
barriers that prevent complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) clinicians
from exploring a career in research. NCCAM, a part of the National Institutes of
Health (NIH), created this award in partnership with The Bernard Osher
Foundation through a grant to the Foundation for the National Institutes of
Health. "This
program provides yet another mechanism through which the Center can collaborate
with the CAM community to foster the next generation of leaders in this
field." Awardees
will receive up to 5 years of intensive, supervised career development research
training in the biomedical, behavioral, or clinical sciences related to CAM.
Applicants should hold a health professional doctoral degree from a CAM
institution, such as Doctor of Chiropractic (D.C.), Doctor of Naturopathic
Medicine (N.D.), or Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (D.A.O.M.), as
well as Doctors of Osteopathy (D.O.) from medical institutions that teach manual
manipulation as part of the core curriculum. The
Bernard Osher Foundation, which is based in San Francisco and also part of this
award, supports three integrative medicine research centers at the University of
California, San Francisco, Harvard University, and the Karolinska Institute in
Sweden. Interested
parties should visit http://nccam.nih.gov/training/
for more information about the award.
A
bipartisan group of senior members of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Armed
Services Committee has called on the U.S. Air Force to explain why expansion of
the chiropractic benefit at 11 Air Force bases has yet to materialize. In
a letter to Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne, Reps. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), Jeb
Bradley (R- N.H.), Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii) and Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) have
asked the Air Force for the list of specific action steps it has taken to
implement the chiropractic benefit at 11 sites that were named in last year’s
National Defense Authorization Act. The
Air Force was given until Sept. 30, 2006, to complete the implementation. Specifically,
Sec. 712 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006, PL
109-163, requires the Air Force to complete implementation of chiropractic
services for active duty members at 11 sites which had not opened in accordance
with the Department of Defense Report on Chiropractic Health Care Implementation
Plan (August 2001). Sec. 712 also states that if the Air Force determines that
it is not feasible to provide chiropractic health care services at any of the 11
identified facilities, the Air Force shall provide chiropractic services at an
alternative site. Surf
to our Show Notes to read a PDF copy of the congressional letter - http://www.acatoday.org/pdf/a240.pdf
A
new report from the Veterans Health Administration citing musculoskeletal
injuries as the number one complaint of Iraq and Afghan veterans who sought
treatment in VA facilities underscores the need to expand treatment options for
back, neck and joint pain in the veterans health care system, according to the
American Chiropractic Association. The
ACA - and many veterans - strongly believe that integrating chiropractic
treatment into the VA health care system would not only be cost-effective, it
would also speed recovery time for those suffering from needless bouts of
musculoskeletal pain. According
to the recent report from the Veterans Health Administration, nearly 42 percent
of veterans returning from the Middle East and Southwest Asia who have sought VA
health care were treated for symptoms associated with musculoskeletal ailments. Congressmen
Jeb Bradley (R-N.H.) and Bob Filner (D-Calif.) introduced bipartisan legislation
in May to expedite expansion of the chiropractic benefit in the veterans’
health care system. The legislation would require the VA to have a chiropractor
on staff at 75 major VA medical centers before the end of 2008, and at all 154
major VA medical centers before the end of 2010. For
more information, surf to - www.acatoday.com Whiplash
and Fatty Infiltration in the Cervical Extensor Muscles A
study presented in the October 15th issue of the journal Spine, looked at muscle
changes in patients suffering from persistent whiplash-associated disorders
(WAD). The
goal of the study was to quantitatively compare the presence of fatty infiltrate
in the cervical extensor musculature in a cohort of chronic whiplash patients
(WAD II) and healthy control subjects across muscle and cervical segmental
level. Magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI) can be regarded as the gold standard for muscle imaging;
however, there is little knowledge about in vivo features of neck extensor
muscles in patients suffering from persistent WAD and how fat content alters
across the factors of muscle, vertebral segments, age, self-reported pain and
disability, compensation status, body mass index, and duration of symptoms. A
reliable MRI measure for fatty infiltrate was performed of the cervical extensor
muscles bilaterally. The measure was performed on all subjects for the
rectus capitis posterior minor and major, multifidus, semispinalis cervicis and
capitis, splenius capitis, and upper trapezius. In
analyzing the results of the study, the WAD subjects had significantly larger
amounts of fatty infiltrate for all of the cervical extensor muscles compared
with healthy control subjects. Intramuscular fat was independent of age,
self-reported pain/disability, compensation status, body mass index, and
duration of symptoms. The
study concluded that there is significantly greater fatty infiltration in the
neck extensor muscles, especially in the deeper muscles in the upper cervical
spine, in subjects with persistent WAD when compared with healthy controls.
Future studies are required to investigate the relationships between muscular
alterations and symptoms in patients suffering from persistent WAD. Surf
to our Show Notes for a link to this study - http://www.spinejournal.com/pt/re/spine/abstract.00007632-200610150-00030.htm;jsessionid=FHmK2jQBTgWk3dGhLlB3TBpn9w8YsP3QpQd8H2QzBkJQZmyYKYSd!-1434154485!-949856145!8091!-1 As
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