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Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: An epidemiological examination of the subluxation construct using Hill's criteria of causation. | Chiropractic Osteopathy BioMed Central Review Open Access An epidemiological examination of the subluxation construct using Hill s criteria of causation Timothy A Mirtz 1 Lon Morgan2 Lawrence H Wyatt3 and Leon Greene4 Address University of South Dakota Vermillion South Dakota USA 2Retired Meridian Idaho USA 3Texas Chiropractic College Pasadena Texas USA and 4University of Kansas Lawrence Kansas USA Email Timothy A Mirtz - timothy.mirtz@usd.edu Lon Morgan - on_the_road_2002@yahoo.com Lawrence H Wyatt - beauxtx1 @earthlink.net Leon Greene - jlg@ku.edu Corresponding author Published 2 December 2009 Received 27 August 2009 .a J_ I Accepted 2 December 2009 Chiropractic Osteopathy 2009 17 13 doi 10.1186 1746-1340-17-13 This article is available from http www.chiroandosteo.com content 17 1 13 2009 Mirtz et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http creativecommons.Org licenses by 2.0 which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Chiropractors claim to locate analyze and diagnose a putative spinal lesion known as subluxation and apply the mode of spinal manipulation adjustment for the correction of this lesion. Aim The purpose of this examination is to review the current evidence on the epidemiology of the subluxation construct and to evaluate the subluxation by applying epidemiologic criteria for it s significance as a causal factor. Methods The databases of PubMed Cinahl and Mantis were searched for studies using the keywords subluxation epidemiology manipulation dose-response temporality odds ratio relative risk biological plausibility coherence and analogy. Results The criteria for causation in epidemiology are strength strength of association consistency specificity temporality temporal sequence dose response experimental evidence biological plausibility coherence and analogy. .
