1. A united statement of the global chiropractic research community against the pseudoscientific claim that chiropractic care boosts immunity
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Côté, Pierre, Bussières, André, Cassidy, J. David, Hartvigsen, Jan, Kawchuk, Greg N., Leboeuf-Yde, Charlotte, Mior, Silvano, Schneider, Michael, Aillet, Luc, Ammendolia, Carlo, Arnbak, Bodil, Axen, Iben, Baechler, Mirjam, Barbier-Cazorla, Florian, Barbier, Gaëtan, Bergstrøm, Cecilia, Beynon, Amber, Blanchette, Marc André, Bolton, Philip S., Breen, Alan, Brinch, Johanne, Bronfort, Gert, Brown, Benjamin, Bruno, Paul, Konner, Mikkel Brunsgaard, Burrell, Christopher, Busse, Jason W., Byfield, David, Campello, Marco, Cancelliere, Carol, Carroll, Linda, Cedraschi, Christine, Chéron, Charlène, Chow, Ngai, Christensen, Henrik Wulff, Claussen, Stine, Corso, Melissa, Davis, Matthew A., Demortier, Marine, De Carvalho, Diana, De Luca, Katie, De Zoete, Annemarie, Doktor, Klaus, Downie, Aron, Du Rose, Alister, Eklund, Andreas, Engel, Roger, Erwin, Mark, Eubanks, James E., Evans, Roni, Evans, Will, Fernandez, Matthew, Field, Jonathan, Fournier, Gilles, French, Simon, Fuglkjaer, Signe, Gagey, Olivier, Giuriato, Rosemary, Gliedt, Jordan A., Goertz, Christine, Goncalves, Guillaume, Grondin, Diane, Gurden, Mark, Haas, Mitchell, Haldeman, Scott, Harsted, Steen, Hartvigsen, Lisbeth, Hayden, Jill, Hincapié, Cesar, Hébert, Jeffrey J., Hesby, Bue, Hestbæk, Lise, Hogg-Johnson, Sheilah, Hondras, Maria A., Honoré, Margaux, Howarth, Samuel, Injeyan, H. Stephen, Innes, Stanley, Irgens, Pernille Marie, Jacobs, Craig, Jenkins, Hazel, Jenks, Alan, Jensen, Tue Secher, Johhansson, Melker, Kongsted, Alice, Kopansky-Giles, Deborah, Kryger, Rikke, Lardon, Arnaud, Lauridsen, Henrik Hein, Leininger, Brent, Lemeunier, Nadège, Le Scanff, Christine, Lewis, Eugene A., Linaker, Kathleen, Lothe, Lise, Marchand, Andrée Anne, McNaughton, David, Meyer, Anne Laure, Miller, Peter, Mølgaard, Anne, Moore, Craig, Murphy, Donald R., Myburgh, Corrie, Myhrvold, Birgitte, Newell, Dave, Newton, Genevieve, Nim, Casper, Nordin, Margareta, Nyiro, Luana, O'Neill, Søren, Øverås, Cecilie, Pagé, Isabelle, Pasquier, Mégane, Penza, Charles W., Perle, Stephen M., Picchiottino, Mathieu, Piché, Mathieu, Poulsen, Erik, Quon, Jeffrey, Raven, Tim, Rezai, Mana, Roseen, Eric J., Rubinstein, Sidney, Salmi, Louis Rachid, Schweinhardt, Petra, Shearer, Heather M., Sirucek, Laura, Sorondo, Delphine, Stern, Paula J., Stevans, Joel, Stochkendahl, Mette Jensen, Stuber, Kent, Stupar, Maja, Srbely, John, Swain, Michael, Teodorczyk-Injeyan, Julita, Théroux, Jean, Thiel, Haymo, Uhrenholt, Lars, Verbeek, Anneke, Verville, Leslie, Vincent, Karl, Dan Wang, Andrew L., Weber, Kenneth A., Whedon, James M., Wong, Jessica, Wuytack, Francesca, Young, James, Yu, Hainan, Ziegler, Dorte, Kinesiology, Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment, APH - Methodology, APH - Societal Participation & Health, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, APH - Health Behaviors & Chronic Diseases, and AMS - Musculoskeletal Health
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lcsh:Diseases of the musculoskeletal system ,Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation ,Scientific evidence ,03 medical and health sciences ,Politics ,SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals ,0302 clinical medicine ,SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being ,Pandemic ,Credibility ,Medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Chiropractic manipulation ,Students ,health care economics and organizations ,business.industry ,Publications ,Pseudoscience ,Immunity ,lcsh:Chiropractic ,Public relations ,Chiropractic ,Research Personnel ,Coronavirus ,Complementary and alternative medicine ,Action (philosophy) ,lcsh:RZ201-275 ,Commentary ,Spinal manipulation ,Chiropractics ,lcsh:RC925-935 ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Background In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the International Chiropractors Association (ICA) posted reports claiming that chiropractic care can impact the immune system. These claims clash with recommendations from the World Health Organization and World Federation of Chiropractic. We discuss the scientific validity of the claims made in these ICA reports. Main body We reviewed the two reports posted by the ICA on their website on March 20 and March 28, 2020. We explored the method used to develop the claim that chiropractic adjustments impact the immune system and discuss the scientific merit of that claim. We provide a response to the ICA reports and explain why this claim lacks scientific credibility and is dangerous to the public. More than 150 researchers from 11 countries reviewed and endorsed our response. Conclusion In their reports, the ICA provided no valid clinical scientific evidence that chiropractic care can impact the immune system. We call on regulatory authorities and professional leaders to take robust political and regulatory action against those claiming that chiropractic adjustments have a clinical impact on the immune system.
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- 2020