Gonstead Meeting of the Minds-VII October 9-10, 2010Research Titles:
The research articles have been broken down into seven categories:
1. Radiography
2. Instrumentation
3. Motion Palpation
4. Case Studies
5. Cohort Studies
6. Gonstead Technique Overview
7. Interexaminer Reliability Studies
Radiography
1. A retrospective consecutive case analysis of pre-treatment and comparative static radiological parameters following chiropractic adjustments (View Abstract)
2. The reliability of patient positioning for evaluating static radiologic parameters of the human pelvis(View Abstract)
3. The role of plain film radiography in chiropractic clinical practice (View Abstract)
4. Biomechanical analysis by chiropractic radiography: Part 1. A simple method for determining x-ray projectional distortion (View Abstract)
5. Biomechanical analysis by chiropractic radiography: Part II. Effects of x-ray projectional distortion on apparent vertebral rotation (View Abstract)
6. Biomechanical analysis by chiropractic radiography: Part III. Lack of effect of projectional distortion on Gonstead vertebral end plate lines (View Abstract)
7. The consistency and accuracy of roentgenograms for measuring sagittal translation in the lumbar vertebral motion segment: an experimental model (View Abstract)
Radiography Positioning Reliability:
Radiography Marking System:
8. Radiographic Line Marking: Examiner Reliability, positioning reliability, validity and outcome measurement issues (View Abstract)
9. The inter-and intraexaminer reliability of the Gonstead pelvic marking system (View Abstract)
10. Inter- and intraexaminer agreement using Gonstead line marking methods (View Abstract)
Instrumentation
11. Galvanic skin response instrumentation: Examiner reliability and concordance with other diagnostic tests (View Abstract)
12. Concordance between galvanic skin response and spinal paplation findings in pain-free males (View Abstract)
13. The inter-examiner reliability of a galvanic skin response instrument (View Abstract)
14. Thermographic instrumention: Validity issues and examiner reliability (View Abstract)
15. The inter-and intraexaminer reliability of a paraspinal skin temperature differential instrument (View Abstract)
16. Skin temperature assessment for neuromusculoskeletal abnormalities of the spinal column (View Abstract)
17. Preliminary Report: The thermal characteristics of spinal levels identified as having differential temperature by contact thermocouple measurement (View Abstract)
Motion Palpation
18. Concordance between galvanic skin response and spinal paplation findings in pain-free males (View Abstract)
19. Inter-examiner reliability of eight evaluative dimensions of lumbar segmental abnormality (View Abstract)
Case Studies
20. Hypertension: Clinical desicion making, outcome measurement, and validity issues (View Abstract)
21. The management of hypertensive disease: A review of spinal manipulation and the efficacy of conservative therapeusis (View Abstract)
22. Missed sacral fracture prior to chiropractic adjustment: A case report (View Abstract)
23. Low back pain and range of motion: Outcome measurement following Gonstead-Type low back adjustments (View Abstract)
24. Chiropractic adjustments: results of a controlled clinical trial in Egypt (View Abstract)
Cohort Studies
25. Chiropractic management of a hypertensive patient (View Abstract)
26. Preliminary study of blood pressure changes in normotensive subjects undergoing chiropractic care (View Abstract)
27. The effects of chiropractic adjustment on distal skin temperature (View Abstract)
28. Effects of cervical adjustment on lateral-flexion passive end-range asymmetry and on blood pressure, heart rate and plasma catecholamine levels (View Abstract)
29. Short term trial of chiropractic adjustments for the relief of chronic low back pain (View Abstract)
30. Anatomical leg-length inequality, scoliosis and lordotic curve in unselected clinic patients (View Abstract)
31. Load-Displacement-Time characteristics of the spine under posteroanterior mobilization (View Abstract)
Range of Motion
32. Cervical spine: Range of motion measurements following Gonstead seated cervical adjustments, whiplash associated disorder case reports (View Abstract)
33. Effect of unilateral spinal adjustments on goniometrically-assessed cervical end-range asymmetries in otherwise asympotomatic subjects (View Abstract)
34. Time course considerations for the effects of unilateral lower cervical adjustments with respect to the amelioration of cervical lateral-flexion passive end-range asymmetry (View Abstract)
35. Effectiveness of upper vs. lower cervical adjustments with respect to the amelioration of passive rotational vs. lateral-flexion end-range asymmetries in otherwise asymptomatic subjects (View Abstract)
Forces/Loading
36. Forces used during Gonstead-type chiropractic adjustments (View Abstract)
37. Forces exerted during spinal manipulative therapy (View Abstract)
38. Effect of loading frequency on response of the spine to lumbar posteroanterior forces (View Abstract)
39. Forces and relative vertebral movements during SMT to unembalmed post-rigor human cadavers: Pecularities associated with joint cavitation (View Abstract)
Gonstead Technique Overview
40. Overviews of the Gonstead approach to diagnosis, treatment and management (View Abstract)
41. Technique system application: The Gonstead approach (View Abstract)
42. Forces used during Gonstead-type chiropractic adjustments (View Abstract)
43. Forces exerted during spinal manipulative therapy (View Abstract)
44. Biomechanical characterization (fingerprinting) of five novel methods of cervical spine manipulation (View Abstract)
45. Comparision of forces used in selcted adjustments of the low back by experienced chiropractors and chiropractic students with no clinical experience: A preliminary study (View Abstract)
46. Technique descriptions of Gonstead adjustments (View Abstract)
47. The knee-chest table: Indications and contraindications (View Abstract)
Interexaminer Reliability Studies
48. Inter-examiner reliability for multiple diagnostic test regimens (View Abstract)