Mae Hilty Memorial Library: Chiropractic Links

These are some websites of interest to Texas and Louisiana chiropractors and chiropractic students:

• Texas Chiropractic Association
• Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners
• Texas Health and Human Services:  chiropractors by county, 2022  (if you're planning to practice in Texas, see how many others are already in your target county)
• How to get a small business license in Texas (not the same thing as your chiropractic license)
• Chiropractic Association of Louisiana
• Louisiana State Board of Chiropractic Examiners
• How to get a small business license in Louisiana (not the same thing as your chiropractic license)

Here are links to our national professional association, plus some specialty associations:

• American Chiropractic Association (ACA)
• National Board of Chiropractic Examiners
• American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians
• American Chiropractic Board of Radiology
• American Clinical Board of Nutrition
• ACA Council on Diagnosis and Internal Disorders
• American Chiropractic Neurology Board
• American Chiropractic Rehabilitation Board
• American Board of Chiropractic Acupuncture
• National Chiropractic Directory (search for a chiropractor by name or specialty)

Find national data about numbers of chiropractors and their salaries by state and county here:

• Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wages

These links will take you to the websites of the national chiropractic associations of the countries indicated:

• Australian Chiropractors Association
• Brazilian Chiropractic Association
• British Chiropractic Association
• Canadian Chiropractic Association
• Chiropractic Association of Ireland
• Chiropractic Association of South Africa
• Danish Chiropractic Association
• European Chiropractors' Union
• International Chiropractic Association
• Japanese Association of Chiropractors
• Korean Chiropractic Association
• Mexico: College of Licensed Chiropractors
• New Zealand Chiropractors' Association
• Norwegian Chiropractic Association
• Spanish Chiropractic Association
• World Federation of Chiropractic

These business-related links are provided for your convenience, and do not represent or imply the endorsement or approval of Texas Chiropractic College.

• 10 Steps to start your own business (including how to write a business plan)
• What new business owners need to know about federal taxes
• Government small business loans - how do I get one?
• Keep an eye on your credit card processing fees
• Is a physician mortgage right for you?
• 12 things you should never say at work
• Starting a low-overhead practice
• Starting Into Practice  - The Business Side of Chiropractic
• 2021 Physician Compensation report - shows states with the highest and lowest MD and DO salaries
• Malpractice advice from a chiropractic insurance company - things you can do now, plus what happens if you are sued.  Good advice from pediatrician-lawyers.  Good advice from American Nurses Credentialing Center.

• Beliveau 2017 The chiropractic profession: a scoping review of utilization rates, reasons for seeking care, patient profiles, and care provided
• Clarke 2018 Use of yoga, meditation and chiropractors among US adults aged 18 and over
• Mior 2019 Understanding patient profiles and characteristics of current chiropractic practice: a cross-sectional Ontario Chiropractic Observation and Analysis STudy (O-COAST)

• Anderson  2017 Workplace injuries in the Australian allied health workforce (click on link to download PDF)
• Gyer 2018 Occupational hand injuries: a current review of the prevalence and proposed prevention strategies for physical therapists and similar healthcare professionals
• Karanikas 2022 Frequency of examination and perceived contribution of factors relating to work-related musculoskeletal disorders of physiotherapists (takes a short time to connect, then click on link to download PDF)
• Lorme 2003 Comparative analysis of low-back loading on chiropractors using various workstation table heights and performing various tasks (must be logged in to TCC library for access)

If these links do not open a PDF directly, then look for a Download PDF link.

• ACA Choosing Wisely:  Five things physicians and patients should question
• Almeida 2018 Primary care management of non-specific low back pain Key messages from recent clinical guidelines
• Bussières 2018 Spinal manipulative therapy and other conservative treatments for low back pain: A guideline from the Canadian Chiropractic Guideline Initiative
• Bussières 2016 The treatment of neck pain-associated disorders and whiplash-associated disorders: A clinical practice guideline
• Côté 2016 Management of neck pain and associated disorders: A clinical practice guideline from the Ontario Protocol for Traffic Injury Management (OPTIMa) Collaboration
• Council on Chiropractic Guidelines & Practice Parameters - clinical guidelines 
• Chou 2017 Nonpharmacologic therapies for low back pain: A systematic review for an American College of Physicians clinical practice guideline  (may need to be logged in to TCC Library for access)
• Chou 2021 Low back pain (CME review article)
• George 2021 Interventions for the management of acute and chronic low back pain: revision 2021 (Academy of Orthopedic Physical Therapy)
• Hawk 2020 Best Practices for Chiropractic Management of Patients with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Clinical Practice Guideline
• Price 2022 Systematic review of guideline-recommended medications prescribed for treatment of low back pain
• Qaseem 2017 Noninvasive treatments for acute, subacute, and chronic low back pain: A clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians  (may need to be logged in to TCC Library for access)
• Shirado 2022 Formulation of Japanese Orthopaedic Association clinical practice guideline for the management of low back pain - the revised 2019 edition
• Stochkendahl 2018 National Clinic Guidelines for non-surgical treatment of patients with recent onset low back pain or lumbar radiculopathy
• Whalen 2019 Best-Practice Recommendations for Chiropractic Management of Patients With Neck Pain
• Whalen 2023 Best Practices for Chiropractic Management of Adult Patients with Mechanical Low Back Pain: A Clinical Practice Guideline for Chiropractors in the United States  (may need to be logged in to TCC Library for access)
• Wong 2016 Clinical practice guidelines for the noninvasive management of low back pain: A systematic review by the Ontario Protocol for Traffic Injury Management (OPTIMa) Collaboration

If these links do not open a PDF directly, then look for a Download PDF link.

• Alsubheen 2020 Appraisal of clinical practice guideline: Shoulder pain and mobility deficits: adhesive capsulitis
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2016 Management of carpal tunnel syndrome: Evidence-based clinical practice guideline  (NOTE:  the full report is 1,000 pages.  The summary is downloadable here)
• Bryans 2011 Evidence-based guidelines for the chiropractic treatment of adults with headache
• Chow 2021 Assessment of studies evaluating spinal manipulative therapy and infectious disease and immune system outcomes: A systematic review  (Note: explains why a guideline would not be appropriate)
• Diercks 2014 Guideline for diagnosis and treatment of subacromial pain syndrome
• Durham 2013 Temporomandibular disorders (TMDs): An update and management guidance for primary care from the UK Specialist Interest Group in Orofacial Pain and TMDs (USOT)   (may take some time to load; scroll down to 2013 for downloadable PDF)
• Erickson 2019 Hand pain and sensory deficit:  Carpal tunnel syndrome - Clinical practice guidelines
• Hawk 2020 Best Practices for Chiropractic Management of Patients with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Clinical Practice Guideline (tension headache, knee/hip osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia)
• Hawk 2021 The role of chiropractic care in providing health promotion and clinical preventive services for adult patients with musculoskeletal pain A clinical practice guideline
• Hegmann 2013 ACOEM practice guidelines: Elbow disorders (lateral epicondylalgia)
• Kolasinski 2020 2019 American College of Rheumatology/Arthritis Foundation guideline for the management of osteoarthritis of the hand, hip, and knee
• Lapner 2022 Position statement: nonoperative management of lateral epicondylitis in adults
• Logerstedt 2017 Knee stability and movement coordination impairments: Knee ligament sprain, revision 2017
• Ng 2021 Headache and migraine clinical practice guidelines: a systematic review and assessment of complementary and alternative medicine recommendations
• Reischl 2020 Appraisal of clinical practice guideline: OPTIMa revised recommendations for non-pharmacological management of persistent headaches associated with neck pain
• Rist 2019 The impact of spinal manipulation on migraine pain and disability A systematic review and meta-analysis
• Robroy 2014 Heel pain - plantar fasciitis: Revision 2014. Clinical practice guidelines linked to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health from the Orthopaedic Section of the American Physical Therapy Association

• Cassidy 2008 Risk of vertebrobasilar stroke and chiropractic care Results of a population-based case-control and case-crossover study
• Chu 2023 A retrospective analysis of the incidence of severe adverse events among recipients of chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy
• Kosloff 2015 Chiropractic care and the risk of vertebrobasilar stroke: results of a case–control study in U.S. commercial and Medicare Advantage populations
• Mitra 2021 Chiropractic associated vertebral artery dissection: An analysis of 34 patients amongst a cohort of 310
• Moser 2019 Effect of cervical manipulation on vertebral artery and cerebral haemodynamics in patients with chronic neck pain: a crossover randomised controlled trial
• Murphy 2010 Current understanding of the relationship between cervical manipulation and stroke: what does it mean for the chiropractic profession?
• Pohlman 2020 Patient safety in chiropractic teaching programs:  a mixed methods study
• Puentedura 2015 Safety of thrust joint manipulation in the thoracic spine: a systematic review
• Ramos 2021 Spinal cord injury, vertebral artery dissection, and cerebellar strokes after chiropractic manipulation
• Whedon 2023 The association between cervical artery dissection and spinal manipulation among US adults (may need to be logged in to TCC library for access)
• The controversy over chiropractic for infants (2022 popular article, not peer-reviewed)