TY - JOUR
T1 - A united statement of the global chiropractic research community against the pseudoscientific claim that chiropractic care boosts immunity
AU - 140 signatories# call for an end to pseudoscientific claims on the effect of chiropractic care on immune function
AU - Côté, Pierre
AU - Bussières, André
AU - Cassidy, J. David
AU - Hartvigsen, Jan
AU - Kawchuk, Greg N.
AU - Leboeuf-Yde, Charlotte
AU - Mior, Silvano
AU - Schneider, Michael
AU - Aillet, Luc
AU - Ammendolia, Carlo
AU - Arnbak, Bodil
AU - Axen, Iben
AU - Baechler, Mirjam
AU - Barbier-Cazorla, Florian
AU - Barbier, Gaëtan
AU - Bergstrøm, Cecilia
AU - Beynon, Amber
AU - Blanchette, Marc André
AU - Bolton, Philip S.
AU - Breen, Alan
AU - Brinch, Johanne
AU - Bronfort, Gert
AU - Brown, Benjamin
AU - Bruno, Paul
AU - Konner, Mikkel Brunsgaard
AU - Burrell, Christopher
AU - Busse, Jason W.
AU - Byfield, David
AU - Campello, Marco
AU - Cancelliere, Carol
AU - Carroll, Linda
AU - Cedraschi, Christine
AU - Chéron, Charlène
AU - Chow, Ngai
AU - Christensen, Henrik Wulff
AU - Claussen, Stine
AU - Corso, Melissa
AU - Davis, Matthew A.
AU - Demortier, Marine
AU - De Carvalho, Diana
AU - De Luca, Katie
AU - De Zoete, Annemarie
AU - Doktor, Klaus
AU - Downie, Aron
AU - Du Rose, Alister
AU - Eklund, Andreas
AU - Engel, Roger
AU - Erwin, Mark
AU - Evans, Roni
AU - Leininger, Brent
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Author(s).
PY - 2020/5/4
Y1 - 2020/5/4
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Chiropractic
KW - Coronavirus
KW - Immunity
KW - Pseudoscience
KW - Spinal manipulation
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U2 - 10.1186/s12998-020-00312-x
DO - 10.1186/s12998-020-00312-x
M3 - Review article
C2 - 32366319
AN - SCOPUS:85084276540
SN - 2045-709X
VL - 28
JO - Chiropractic and Manual Therapies
JF - Chiropractic and Manual Therapies
IS - 1
M1 - 21
ER -