Risk of Stroke: Chiropractic vs. Primary Medical Care

A very nice gentleman who stands to improve his arthritic prognosis was too frightened this morning to get an adjustment because he's heard it could give him a stroke. I felt it was neces sary to post this to put the minds of others at ease over this concern. 

–Dr. Harris Meyer

 

 

Risk of Stroke and Chiropractic Care: Results of a Population-Based Case-Control and Case-Crossover Study

Conclusion

VBA stroke is a very rare event in the population. The increased risks of VBA stroke associated with chiropractic and PCP visits is likely due to patients with headache and neck pain from VBA dissection seeking care before their stroke. We found no evidence of excess risk of VBA stroke associated chiropractic care compared to primary care.

 

The above except is reprinted from a February 2009 post. See the entire article at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WK1-4VPWFK4-T&_user=10&_coverDate=02%2F28%2F2009&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1198927803&_rerunOrigin=scholar.google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=68f75733f71874a52df93ad815515c11

 

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J. David Cassidy DC, PhD, DrMedSc^{a, b, c, ,} , Eleanor Boyle PhD^a, Pierre Côté DC, PhD^{a, b, c, d},

Yaohua He MD, PhD^a, Sheilah Hogg-Johnson PhD^{b, d}, Frank L. Silver MD, FRCPC^{e, f} and

Susan J. Bondy PhD^b

^aCentre of Research Expertise for Improved Disability Outcomes (CREIDO), University Health Network

Rehabilitation Solutions, Toronto Western Hospital, and the Division of Heath Care and Outcomes Research,

Toronto Western Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada

^bDepartment of Public Health Sciences, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto,

Toronto, ON, Canada

^cDepartment of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

^dInstitute for Work & Health, Toronto, ON, Canada

^eUniversity Health Network Stroke Program, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

^fDivision of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto,

Toronto, ON, Canada

 

Harris Meyer, DC

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