Is High-Utilization Chiropractic Treatment Efficacious in Whiplash?

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Is High-Utilization Chiropractic Treatment Efficacious in Whiplash?
June 12, 2006
Arthur C. Croft, PhD (cand), DC, MSc, MPH
Arch Intern Med.

In a recent article by CŸt» et al,1 the authors appeared at first blush to demonstrate that chiropractic management of whiplash injuries might delay recovery. Superficially, it suggests that patients who see general practitioners in "low-utilization" settings recover from their injuries more quickly compared with those who see general practitioners in "high-utilization" settings and that patients who see chiropractors and a medical practitioner have slower recoveries. Those who see only chiropractors in the "high-utilization" setting have the slowest recovery.