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Asia-Pacific Chiropractic Journal
Issue 5.4
Published 1 April 2025
Clinical evidence as Case Reports
Scholarship
Phillip Ebrall: A clinical update on lumbar disc degeneration
Phillip Ebrall and Joseph Ierano: Reader beware: Rapid reviews have a trust issue
Phillip Ebrall: The power of self-governance within Australian Chiropractic: A pragmatic analysis of the so-called ‘baby-ban’ which must now be resolved
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Chiropractic Paradigms
Applied Kinesiology (AK)
Cuthbert S, Lindley-Jones C, and contributors: A history of professional Applied Kinesiology around the world (Part I)
Cuthbert S, Lindley-Jones C, and contributors: A history of professional Applied Kinesiology around the world (Part II)
McCord KM, Schmitt WH: Quintessential Applications: A(K) Clinical Protocol. The Evolution of a Neurological & Biochemical Hierarchy
Schmitt WH, McCord KM: Measure, Measure, Measure:‘Indicator testing’ and nutrients for musculoskeletal pain
Schmitt WH, McCord KM: Relieving spinal stress with ‘Emotional Recall Quick Fix’
Schmitt WH, McCord KM: Set Point (Touch & Tap) Technique for chronic Injury, inflammation, and pain relief
McCord KM, Schmitt WH: Acute pain & the Quintessential Applications clinical protocol
Cuthbert S: Vitamin D and Coronavirus: Not a vaccine, nonetheless nature’s humble natural cure
Cuthbert S: Best Practice Guidelines for Diagnosing Muscle Imbalance: Chiropractic versus Physiotherapy
Cuthbert S: The GenitoUrinary system in chiropractic: The neuroanatomy of the muscle-organ-gland correlation
Cuthbert S, Stump JL, Stark B: Applied Kinesiology Chiropractic and Traditional Chinese Medicine
Cuthbert S: Proprioception in Chiropractic: Measuring tone with Chiropractic Neuro-Physiology
Scott Cuthbert: Chiropractic Applied Kinesiology methods for cervical herniated disc syndrome along with sciatica and bilateral frozen shoulder: A case report
Scott Cuthbert: Chiropractic management of cervical disc herniations: A case series
Sacro-occipital Technique (SOT)
Harvey Getzoff: A critical approach for learning the Operating Principles of Sacro Occipital Technique (SOT) Chiropractic
Harvey Getzoff: Sacro Occipital Technique (SOT): A Systems Driven Method of Chiropractic
Harvey Getzoff: Sacro Occipital Technique (SOT): Category Three: Predictability of Outcomes
Harvey Getzoff: Sacro Occipital Technique (SOT): Documentation and recording system
Harvey Getzoff: Anterior Thoracic adjusting and the relationship to cervical flexion: A retrospective case series of twenty-four patients
Harvey Getzoff: A primary cranial analysis and adjustment method for all three Sacro Occipital Technique (SOT) Categories: A retrospective study of 85 patients
Gonstead Methods
Randal Johnson: Down the sacrum rabbit hole
Randal Johnson: Down the sacrum rabbit hole: Part 2
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Chiropractic articles
Chiropractic History
Callender A: Reflections of a chiropractic historian
Peters RE: The Founder of Chiropractic: Some notes on DD Palmer
Ebrall P: DD Palmer and the Egyptian Connection: A short report
Cuthbert S, Lindley-Jones C, at al: A history of professional Applied Kinesiology around the world (Part I).
Smith JC: Chiselled hands: A history of manipulative therapy and Chiropractic care
Davis KY, Blum CL: A history of temporal sphenoidal (TS) diagnosis and its clinical application
Ierano J: The upper cervical Chiropractic lineage diagram project
Ebrall P: The establishment of the International College of Chiropractic (ICC) Melbourne
Ebrall P: The Emergence of Chiropractic Education in Australia
Ebrall P: RMIT University kills its Chiropractic program in Victoria
Ebrall P: Another one bites the dust: Are we witnessing the demise of our profession? [Editorial]
Ebrall P: ‘It’s not the battles we lose that bother me, it’s the ones we don’t suit up for’ [Editorial]
Ebrall P: Survival and growth: Adversity make us do better [Editorial]
Master Classes
Neil Davies: The cranial connection and the neuropathic process
Noone P: Integration of Post-Concussion Support Strategies into chiropractic practice
Cuthbert S, Stump JL, Stark B: Applied Kinesiology Chiropractic and Traditional Chinese Medicine
Maffetone P: A review of manual methods of traditional biofeedback for improving brain and body health and fitness
Cuthbert S: The GenitoUrinary system in chiropractic: The neuroanatomy of the muscle-organ-gland correlation
Cuthbert S: Best Practice Guidelines for Diagnosing Muscle Imbalance: Chiropractic versus Physiotherapy
Caroline Vitez: Dr. Robert Coté's Clinical Research
Santos E: Clinical efficacy of Guasha Therapy for shoulder pain [Thesis]
Williams S, Blum CL, Billings S: Plagiocephaly: The Oblique Skull; A method of chiropractic correction, with a case report
Cashman S, Blum C: Trapezius fibre muscle analysis: A pilot inter/intra-examiner reliability study
Chu ECP, Huang KHK, Shum JSF: Lumbosacral transitional vertebra as a potential contributing factor to scoliosis: a report of two cases
Philosophy of Chiropractic
Abrahams T: Philosophy: To be or not to be?
Rome P, Waterhouse JD: The specific chiropractic adjustment is conducted within an articulation’s physiological range of motion: Part 4 of a series
Elbert R: Doctor, what is the intention of your adjustment? A Clinical Huddle
Blum C: Channeling healing energy: The power of touch in the chiropractic clinical encounter, Part three
Rome PL, Waterhouse JD: The Vertebral Subluxation premise: Part 1: The medical literature regarding nomenclature
Policy Committee. Australian Chiropractors Association: Policy on Chiropractic Practice, Scope & Terminology
Rome PL, Waterhouse JD: The Vertebral Subluxation premise: Principle 1 continued, The medical literature regarding nomenclature and onset
Ebrall P: Subluxation as a fuzzy narrative
Blum C: Yesterday when I was young [Reflection]
Seiler E: DD Palmer’s theistic spin on biology and the modern effort to hide it
Rome PL, Waterhouse JD: Medicine has failed to grasp the principles explaining chiropractic’s international success [Editorial]
Ebrall P: A philosophy for chiropractic education in the 21st Century: A contextual prelude
Richards DM: The meaning and value of vitalism in chiropractic [Thesis]
Fox M, et al: Vitalism in a New Zealand chiropractic program
Ebrall P: Absolving Chiropractic’s indeterminacy through interdependence
Academic practice
Angelo Battiston et al: Comparing consecutive third-year Chiropractic Student cohorts: A successful evaluation of the Paired Junior Clinic programme
Phillip Ebrall: A philosophy for Transnational Chiropractic education
Phillip Ebrall: A philosophy for chiropractic education in the 21st Century: A contextual prelude
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