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Robert Trager

@rjtrager

I am a chiropractic physician and researcher at Connor Whole Health, University Hospitals, Cleveland OH, USA

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Our latest retrospective cohort study including 11,570 patients found that adults who initially visited a #chiropractor and received spinal manipulation for low back pain caused by disc herniation or radiculopathy (i.e., #sciatica)…lnkd.in/garnanmU lnkd.in/g_cnfQaJ

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Please see a new study in Nature Scientific Reports I co-authored with a multidisciplinary team (Drs. Chu, Lee, and Niazi). See here:  It is one of the largest studies of adverse events related to spinal manipulation, including 960…lnkd.in/g2F7aq4b shorturl.at/aBEZ4

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In our Nature Scientific Reports study we found that severe adverse events related to chiropractic spinal manipulation were very rare (0.21/100,000) ✅nature.com/articles/s4159…

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See our newest study, a systematic review exploring the use of spinal manipulation for patients with low back pain and previous low back surgery. lnkd.in/djsCDDnH

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See our latest study, authored with Pratheek Makineni and TJ Williamson, available in the Cureus Journal of Medical Science. We examined data for over 80,000 chiropractic patients attending US academic health centers to determine t…lnkd.in/g_vdWgHd lnkd.in/gi5u-cdW

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See a new case report I coauthored with Neal deBuhr and Cliff Tao DC DACBR, available in the Cureus Journal of Medical Science. This is one of the first published cases of a chiropractor identifying a patient having a stroke and re…lnkd.in/gcB6BPv6 lnkd.in/gpqQuQsV

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Our newest study (bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/7/e…) found that adults receiving chiropractic spinal manipulation for sciatica were nearly 50% less likely to be prescribed gabapentin, a common off-label treatment. 💊📉

Our newest study (bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/7/e…) found that adults receiving chiropractic spinal manipulation for sciatica were nearly 50% less likely to be prescribed gabapentin, a common off-label treatment. 💊📉
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Our recent study: Adults who received chiropractic spinal manipulation for ongoing sciatica after low back disc surgery (discectomy) were almost half as likely to undergo an additional low back surgery over the next 2 years, compared to matched controls. …musculoskeletdisord.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Our recent study: Adults who received chiropractic spinal manipulation for ongoing sciatica after low back disc surgery (discectomy) were almost half as likely to undergo an additional low back surgery over the next 2 years, compared to matched controls. …musculoskeletdisord.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…
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Our latest study (journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…) found that chiropractic spinal manipulation was not associated with an increased risk of cauda equina syndrome. Christine Goertz Romeo Perfecto Jeffery Dusek PhD

Our latest study (journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…) found that chiropractic spinal manipulation was not associated with an increased risk of cauda equina syndrome. <a href="/ChristineGoertz/">Christine Goertz</a> <a href="/RomeoPerfecto/">Romeo Perfecto</a> <a href="/jdusekphd/">Jeffery Dusek PhD</a>
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🛎️The Volume 13 (Issue 19) has been released (mdpi.com/2077-0383/13/19). 📚#CoverStory paper about Chiropractic and Spinal Manipulation by Robert Trager et al. (mdpi.com/2968674) Christine Goertz Romeo Perfecto #mdpijcm #MedTwitter #ClinicalTrials

🛎️The Volume 13 (Issue 19) has been released (mdpi.com/2077-0383/13/19). 

📚#CoverStory paper about Chiropractic and Spinal Manipulation by <a href="/RJTrager/">Robert Trager</a> et al.  (mdpi.com/2968674)
<a href="/ChristineGoertz/">Christine Goertz</a> <a href="/RomeoPerfecto/">Romeo Perfecto</a>
 
#mdpijcm #MedTwitter #ClinicalTrials
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In our latest study we found that the incidence and risk of cervical artery dissection was significantly greater among those with systemic lupus erythematosus compared to matched non-lupus controls nature.com/articles/s4159…

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Our latest study found that adults with sciatica who received chiropractic spinal manipulation were less likely to experience opioid-related adverse drug events over a one-year follow-up compared to matched controls (journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…).