The purpose of this paper is to provide an historical review of the progression of events within the jurisdiction of the province of Ontario related to the issue of laboratory…
Saskatchewan’s Joint Chiropractic Professional Review Committee functions to ensure that clinically necessary services are provided to patients. The committee which has both government (payer) and professional representation is created by…
Purpose: To determine the effectiveness of structured patient education for the management of musculoskeletal disorders and injuries of the extremities. Methods: We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and the Cochrane…
Introduction Trust is a key component of any therapeutic relationship and correlates with treatment satisfaction. Patients with high levels of trust in their healthcare providers report more beneficial health behaviours,…
Objective: To assess whether external measurements of the subject’s neck are predictive of the preferred thickness of cervical pillow, given a choice of four different contour thicknesses. Design: Preliminary correlational…
“I slept and dreamed that life was beauty. I woke – and found that life was duty.” This quote from the poet Ellen Sturgis Hooper, could be attributed to Robert…
This paper reports on the pre-event planning and event coverage for an elite level high school basketball exposure camp. Sixty-one (61) of the best male basketball athletes in Ontario were…
Chiropractic theory and development is briefly explored and compared with contemporary medical theory. Theoretical and philosophical assumptions in chiropractic, this writer predicts, may be challenged and altered in the 21st…
Objective: Heat illnesses contribute to signifi cant morbidity and occasional mortality in athletic populations. Sunburn increases the risk of various skin carcinomas. This report provides an overview of the etiology,…