This week features a cool paper about sensorimotor responses to chiropractic care, scope of practice fights and corrupt state regulators. Never a dull moment in chiropractic. - ED.
SCIENCE / ART
This randomized controlled trial was the first to investigate the immediate changes in response to an HVLA thrust site selection in the cervical spine using a neurophysiological EEG outcome measure and found evidence that HVLA thrust directed at a cervical site considered as dysfunctional significantly reduces N30 amplitude immediately after such intervention. In contrast, HVLA thrust directed at a cervical site considered as non-dysfunctional causes no significant change. The present findings suggest that clinicians' selection of where to apply cervical HVLA thrust is likely to be relevant with regards to affecting the subsequent sensorimotor response.
PHILOSOPHY
ICA voices opposition to adding dry needling to DCs’ scope of practice
Should chiropractors seek to expand their scope of practice? What are certain regulatory bodies more restrictive than others? A classic battle brews between straights, mixers and those groups who wish to keep dry needling under their control.
POLITICS
Arizona: A Case Study in Monopolies & Ethics in Chiropractic Regulation
The AZ Legislature accuses the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners of failing to uphold its duty to protect public health, safety, and welfare by not properly enforcing chiropractic practice laws as mandated by the Legislature, by failure to recognize the jurisdictional boundaries and overlaps with other state agencies and that the Board has strayed from its original legislative intent and purpose - among several other concerns.