Gleberzon Brian J
Professor and Chair, Department of Applied Chiropractic, Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, 6100 Leslie St. Toronto, ON M2H 3J1. E-mail:
J Can Chiropr Assoc. 2011 Jun;55(2):76-95.
The purpose of this article was to perform a narrative review of the chiropractic literature regarding older patients between 2001 and 2010.
A three step search strategy of the literature involved electronic searching, hand searching and reference tracking.
One hundred and eighty eight articles germane to chiropractic geriatric practice and education were retrieved.
Compared to the review of the literature conducted prior to 2000, the number of references on chiropractic geriatric education increased from 3 to 11, the number of demographic studies increased from 9 to 18, the number of case reports increased from 25 to 83, the number of clinical trials increased from 4 to 21 (only two RCTs found) and the number of references on clinical guidelines and general clinical information increased from 18 to 55.
This review found 188 retrievable articles available to practitioners to effectively care plan for their older patients, a better than three fold increase in the number of references found during a similar review conducted at the end of the previous decade. However, there is clearly a gap in the evidence base of chiropractic geriatric care, particularly the under-representation of clinical trials of all kinds involving older chiropractic patients.
本文旨在对2001年至2010年间有关老年患者的整脊文献进行叙述性综述。
文献检索采用三步检索策略，包括电子检索、手工检索和参考文献追踪。
共检索到188篇与整脊老年医学实践和教育相关的文章。
与2000年之前进行的文献综述相比，整脊老年医学教育的参考文献数量从3篇增加到11篇，人口统计学研究数量从9篇增加到18篇，病例报告数量从25篇增加到83篇，临床试验数量从4篇增加到21篇（仅发现两项随机对照试验），临床指南和一般临床信息的参考文献数量从18篇增加到55篇。
本综述发现有188篇可检索的文章可供从业者为老年患者制定有效的护理计划，这比上一个十年末进行的类似综述中发现的参考文献数量增加了三倍多。然而，整脊老年医学护理的证据基础显然存在差距，尤其是各类涉及老年整脊患者的临床试验代表性不足。
