TY - JOUR
T1 - A united statement of the global chiropractic research community against the pseudoscientific claim that chiropractic care boosts immunity
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 - and more than 140 signatories
A2 - Arnbak, Bodil
A2 - Brinch, Johanne
A2 - Konner, Mikkel Brunsgaard
A2 - Christensen, Henrik Wulff
A2 - Clausen, Stine Haugaard
A2 - Doktor, Klaus
A2 - Field, Jonathan
A2 - Harsted, Steen
A2 - Evans, Roni
A2 - Hartvigsen, Lisbeth
A2 - Hesby, Bue
A2 - Hestbæk, Lise
A2 - Jensen, Tue Secher
A2 - Johansson, Melker Staffan
A2 - Kongsted, Alice
A2 - Lauridsen, Henrik Hein
A2 - Nielsen, Anne Mølgaard
A2 - Myburgh, Corrie
A2 - Nim, Casper
A2 - O'Neill, Søren
A2 - Øverås, Cecilie
A2 - Poulsen, Erik
A2 - Stochkendahl, Mette Jensen
A2 - Uhrenholt, Lars
A2 - Young, James
A2 - Ziegler, Dorthe Schøler
A2 - Jensen, Rikke Krüger
A2 - Dissing, Kristina Boe
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
U2 - 10.1186/s12998-020-00312-x
DO - 10.1186/s12998-020-00312-x
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 32366319
AN - SCOPUS:85084276540
SN - 2045-709X
VL - 28
JO - Chiropractic & Manual Therapies
JF - Chiropractic & Manual Therapies
IS - 1
M1 - 21
ER -