Foundation for Chiropractic Education and Research - Translating Research Into Practice

FCER Announces Student Research Awards

To encourage students to conduct research, the Foundation for Chiropractic Education and Research (FCER) is pleased to announce the sponsorship of student poster awards for accepted papers at the 2009 WFC Congress and FCER’s International Conference on Chiropractic Research (ICCR). Posters presented by chiropractic students will be judged and the first place winner will be awarded $750 and the second place winner will be awarded $500.

FCER has long recognized that the future of the chiropractic profession relies, in part, to the continued development of interest in and supply of research within chiropractic. As part of the support for the research infrastructure, FCER has a 30-plus-year history of providing financial support to those interested in post-graduate education towards a profession in chiropractic research. In addition, FCER has supported the growth and development of the Manual, Alternative and Natural Therapy Index System (MANTIS) through Action Potential. Now incorporated into DCConsult™, current chiropractic students are able to access both MANTIS and www.dcconsult.com for free through their schools.

The deadline for submissions of abstracts for the WFC/ICCR is January 15, 2009; the call for papers, instructions for authors, and the submission form can be found here.

For more information on FCER and student membership, please go to www.fcer.org. As www.DCConsult.com continues to develop, student needs will be addressed. Any ideas or suggestions from students for DCConsult, as well as questions on providing content to the website, or questions regarding submission of abstracts for the 2009 ICCR, can be directed to Robin Merrifield, FCER Director of Education at rmerrifield@fcer.org.

New FCER Pamphlet

Cervical Artery Dissection - Changing the Conversation

The Facts Are Clearly Stated And Ready For You To Use

From the Most Recent Scientific Evidence:

* Current research finds no difference between chiropractic care and medical care and the risk of stroke

* Due to injury or genetics, susceptible people have weaknesses in their cervical arteries which may ultimately lead to stroke

* Because there are no symptoms of the arterial weakness, the symptoms of the dissection—headache or neck pain—are treated rather than the primary problem

* The difference in symptoms of CAD, Migraine, Tension-Type Headache and Neck Pain

* If a person is already experiencing a CAD, some “normal”
activities may progress to stroke—which is why it is important to recognize the signs and symptoms.

"Cervical artery dissection and stroke has been an issue of great importance and controversy for the chiropractic profession. Much of the information provided the public on this topic ... has been based on emotion and hyperbole. The primary concern of any health profession should be protecting and serving the public. This pamphlet, which is based on the most recent scientific evidence, helps the chiropractic profession do that by providing important information about this rare and potentially devastating condition.”
– Donald R. Murphy, DC, DACAN.

“Finally an evidence-based pamphlet has been produced that provides a concise summary of the literature and puts this issue into proper perspective. This pamphlet deserves to be widely circulated to the media, among primary care physicians, and to all chiropractic patients in order that the issue of cervical manipulation and stroke be put into proper perspective.”
– Michael Schneider, DC, PhD (cand.)

Order a supply today and receive a Distribution Kit that includes a professional media release and an easily personalized template to be used in your community to raise awareness of the most current scientific evidence as it relates to CAD.

Order your supply today!

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NEW TELECONFERENCE CD

Discussion with Dr. Simon Dagenais on The Spine Journal’s Special Issue on Evidence for Treatments for Low Back Pain

Join Dr. Simon Dagenais for an FCER Clinical Teleconference as he discusses the EBM approach, the easiest resource clinicians can use to access evidence on various interventions they commonly use for chronic LBP, and much more!

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NEW PRODUCTS

January/February 2008 Supplement of Spine

VERY LIMITED QUANTITIES AVAILABLE ORDER NOW!

This is the publication everyone is talking about: The findings of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and its Associated Disorders, chaired by Scott Haldeman, DC, MD, Ph.D, and published in the January/February 2008 Supplement of Spine. Do not miss this opportunity to add this special issue to your library for future reference.

This publication incorporates the findings and conclusions of the Task Force on the incidence, risk factors, prognosis, assessment of neck pain and the available evidence on the diagnosis and treatment options available to persons with neck pain. The Task Force discusses such treatment approaches as exercise, education, manipulation, medication, injections and surgery. It also includes conducted government-sponsored research on the epidemiology of stroke following chiropractic and general practitioner care.

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CD NOW AVAILABLE

Lead Author of Spine Article Discusses Findings on Neck Pain, Stroke, and Chiropractic Treatment

The recent FCER Teleconference by Dr. J. David Cassidy, principal investigator of a new study in the February 15 issue of Spine, is now available on CD.

In this Canadian study, entitled "Risk of Vertebrobasilar Stroke and Chiropractic Care: Results of a Population-Based, Case-Control and Case-Crossover Study,"¹ the team of researchers concludes that there is "no evidence of excess risk of VBA stroke associated [with] chiropractic care compared to primary care."

CD includes the audio recording and speaker's notes.

Available here

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