Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230, Odense M, Denmark.
Nordic Institute of Chiropractic, Campusvej 55, 5230, Odense M, Denmark.
Chiropr Man Therap. 2020 Jan 30;28(1):4. doi: 10.1186/s12998-019-0295-2.
This commentary brings the 2017-2019 thematic series What is Chiropractic? to a close. The 18 papers published in the series contribute to a better understanding of what chiropractic is, where chiropractors practice and function, who seeks their care, what chiropractors do, and how they interact with other healthcare professionals. Several papers in the series highlighted deeply rooted disagreements within chiropractic about fundamental issues pertaining to ideology, acceptance of scientific evidence as the basis for clinical practice and the future of chiropractic. If the chiropractic profession is to remain relevant in today's evidence-based healthcare environment, there is an urgent for the profession to undertake further research to describe what chiropractic is, what chiropractors do, and provide evidence for the value of these activities to patients and healthcare decision makers.
本评论为 2017-2019 年主题系列文章《什么是脊骨神经医学?》画上了句号。本系列共发表了 18 篇文章,有助于增进我们对脊骨神经医学是什么、脊骨神经医学医生在哪里行医和发挥作用、寻求脊骨神经医学治疗的人群、脊骨神经医学医生做什么以及他们如何与其他医疗保健专业人员互动的理解。本系列中的几篇文章强调了脊骨神经医学内部在一些基本问题上存在根深蒂固的分歧,这些问题涉及意识形态、将科学证据作为临床实践基础的接受程度以及脊骨神经医学的未来。如果脊骨神经医学专业要在当今基于证据的医疗保健环境中保持相关性,那么该专业迫切需要进一步研究,以描述脊骨神经医学是什么、脊骨神经医学医生做什么,并为这些活动对患者和医疗保健决策者的价值提供证据。