Casper Glissmann Nim

TL;DR: Twitter activity regarding spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) and claims it increases, or “boosts”, immunity increased during the COVID-19 crisis, which has the potential to help policy makers and others understand the impact of SMT misinformation and devise strategies to mitigate it.

TL;DR: Support is provided that SMT impacts neurophysiological parameters through a segment-dependent neurological reflex pathway, although this do not seem to be a proxy for improvement.

TL;DR: Findings of widespread, increased pain sensitivity in chronic non-specific low-back pain patients are supported and topographical QST mapping in the lumbar region does not appear useful for identifying the spinal segment responsible for clinical pain, but it does demonstrate widespread group differences in pain sensitivity.

TL;DR: It is hoped that all chiropractic stakeholders will view the COVID-19 pandemic as a call to action to eliminate the unethical and potentially dangerous claims made by chiropractors who practise outside the boundaries of scientific evidence.

TL;DR: Allied health providers, in this instance chiropractors, with patient management expertise can fulfil a key role in sickness absence management and by extension work disability prevention when these practices are legislatively supported.