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A united statement of the global chiropractic research community against the pseudoscientific claim that chiropractic care boosts immunity

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posted on 2022-05-16, 22:48 authored by P Côté, A Bussières, JD Cassidy, J Hartvigsen, GN Kawchuk, C Leboeuf-Yde, S Mior, M Schneider, Katie de LucaKatie de Luca, Matthew FernandezMatthew Fernandez
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.

History

Volume

28

Issue

1

Start Page

1

End Page

5

Number of Pages

5

eISSN

2045-709X

ISSN

2045-709X

Publisher

BMC

Publisher License

CC BY

Additional Rights

CC BY 4.0

Language

en

Peer Reviewed

  • Yes

Open Access

  • Yes

Acceptance Date

2020-04-15

Era Eligible

  • Yes

Medium

Electronic

Journal

Chiropractic and Manual Therapies

Article Number

21