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Chiropractic Care and Back Pain

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For More Information

  • NCCAM Clearinghouse

Toll-free in the U.S.: 1-888-644-6226
International: 301-519-3153
TTY (for deaf and hard-of-hearing callers): 1-866-464-3615

E-mail: info@nccam.nih.gov
NCCAM Web site: nccam.nih.gov
Address: NCCAM Clearinghouse, P.O. Box 7923, Gaithersburg, MD 20898-7923

Fax: 1-866-464-3616
Fax-on-Demand service: 1-888-644-6226

The NCCAM Clearinghouse provides information on CAM and on NCCAM. Services include fact sheets, other publications, and searches of Federal databases of scientific and medical literature. The Clearinghouse does not provide medical advice, treatment recommendations, or referrals to practitioners.

  • National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)

    Web site: www.niams.nih.gov
    Toll-free in the U.S.: 1-877-22-NIAMS (or 301-495-4484)

    NIAMS supports research into the causes, treatment, and prevention of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases; training of scientists; and information based on research. Publications are available.

  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

    Web site: www.ahrq.gov
    Telephone: 301-427-1364

    AHRQ is the health services research arm of the Department of Health and Human Services. Publications that may be of interest include Chiropractic in the United States: Training, Practice, and Research (1998) and AHRQ's Clinical Practice Guideline No. 14: Acute Low-Back Problems in Adults (1994; however, this document has been archived by AHRQ and is not considered current clinical guidance).

  • CAM on PubMed

    Web site: www.nlm.nih.gov/nccam/camonpubmed.html

    CAM on PubMed, a database on the Internet developed jointly by NCCAM and the National Library of Medicine, offers citations to (and in most cases, brief summaries of) articles on CAM in scientifically based, peer-reviewed journals. CAM on PubMed also links to many publisher Web sites, which may offer the full text of articles.

  • ClinicalTrials.gov

    Web site: www.clinicaltrials.gov

    ClinicalTrials.gov is a database of information on clinical trials, primarily in the United States and Canada, for a wide range of diseases and conditions. It is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

  • The Cochrane Library

    Web site: www.cochrane.org/reviews/clibintro.htm

    The Cochrane Library is a collection of science-based reviews from the Cochrane Collaboration, an international nonprofit organization that seeks to provide "up-to-date, accurate information about the effects of health care." Its authors analyze the results of rigorous clinical trials on a given topic and prepare systematic reviews. Abstracts (brief summaries) of these reviews can be read online without charge. You can search by treatment name or medical condition. Subscriptions to the full text are offered at a fee and are carried by some libraries.

Definitions

Acupuncture: A health care practice that originated in traditional Chinese medicine. Acupuncture involves inserting needles at specific points on the body, in the belief that this will help improve the flow of the body's energy (or qi, pronounced "chee") and thereby help the body achieve and maintain health.

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