Chiropractic care comes with mild adverse events

According to a new study published in Spine, chiropractic care brings common adverse events that are mostly benign. The adverse events caused by chiropractic treatment were analyzed by Bruce F. Walker, D.C., Dr.P.H., from Murdoch University in Australia, in collaboration with his colleagues. There were 92 participants included in the study who received usual chiropractic treatment and other 91 patients who received a sham intervention. Every individual received two treatments. The researchers discovered that 33% of the sham group and 42% of the usual group reported at least one adverse event. Events that were commonly reported include headache, muscle stiffness and increased pain. There weren`t any severe adverse events reported for adverse event occurrence, occurrence of severe adverse events, adverse event onset or adverse event duration. “A substantial proportion of adverse events after chiropractic treatment may result from natural history variation and non-specific effects”, the authors write.