ACA Council Donates $25,000 to FCER
The ACA Council on Chiropractic Physiological Therapeutics recently donated a $25,000 grant to the Foundation for Chiropractic Education and Research (FCER) to fund research at Los Angeles College of Chiropractic. Conducted by Clark Danielson, MPA, the research will assess if physiological therapeutic treatments reduce muscle spasm and aid chiropractors in achieving better joint release and reduction of muscle spasms. The study will compare two groups of patients who have received chiropractic adjustments: half will receive physiological therapeutic treatment, and half will receive no additional therapy. Depending on a funding decision from the Health Resources and Service Administration, this project will be carried out separately or as part of a larger investigation involving soft tissue therapies.
Stephen R. Seater, CAE, executive director of the FCER, said the generous support of the council was "a vote of confidence in this kind of 'real world' research."
Congress on Low Back Pain in San Diego The 2nd Interdisciplinary World Congress on Low Back Pain is coming to San Diego November 9-11 (the Hyatt Regency in La Jolla). As at the previous congress, the lumbar spine and sacroiliac joints will be the focus. Diagnosis and treatment of LBP will be discussed, with a look at the scientific basis of LBP.
Presentations by clinicians and researchers are planned. A call for papers has been announced. The scientific committee is looking for papers on new data of the integrated function of the lumbar spine and sacroiliac joints; biomechanical and kinematic aspects of lumbar spine and pelvis; peripartum pelvic instability; visualization techniques of the pelvis; and clinical applications. Submissions should be directed to European Conference Organizers, P.O. Box 4334, 3006 AH Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Tele: 31-10-413-3287; fax: 31-10-414-7988. Deadline for abstracts is January 13, 1995.
For conference information/registration call: (619) 534-3940; fax (619) 534-7672.
Dr. Murray Katz Apologizes to CMCC The July 5, 1994 issue of the Medical Post contained an apology from Dr. Murray Katz for a statement he made in an editorial appearing in the May 10, 1994 issue of the Medical Post which criticized the education of students at the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (CMCC). The Medical Post also printed a retraction for publishing Dr. Katz's statement. Dr. Katz's apology said: "I agree with the retraction made by the Medical Post. It was never my intention to suggest that graduates of the CMCC are not qualified to practice chiropractic. In fact, I consider the CMCC to be one of the best chiropractic schools in North America."
Dr. Stychno at the AAPM Conference.
DCs Lecture at American Academy of Pain Management Conference DCs Nestor Stychno, Donald Taylor, and Scott Denny spoke before an interdisciplinary gathering of clinicians at the annual conference of the American Academy of Pain Management, August 17-21 in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Dr. Stychno, a fellow of the American Back Society and past president of the Eastern Ohio Chiropractic Society, spoke on "Chiropractic Assessment of Low Back Pain," and followed the lecture with a hands-on demonstration.
Dr. Taylor an examination commissioner of the California State Board of Chiropractic Examiners, gave a seminar on "Treatment of Temporomandibular Disorder."
Dr. Denny, a fellow of the American Back Society and past president of the Brooklyn district of the Chiropractic Federated Societies of New York, presented "Principles of Care."
Chiropractic Doctorate Program in Quebec Introduces Radiology Marshall Deltoff, DACBR, FCCR(c), has been appointed to the radiology faculty of the chiropractic doctorate program at the Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres. Dr. Andre-Marie Gonthier, director of the chiropractic doctorate program, announced the appointment.
This fall marks the first time that radiology will be introduced into the French-language curriculum, as the inaugural class begins its second year. The school is awaiting the completion of the Pavillon de Chiropratique, scheduled for the spring of 1995.
American DCs Lecture in Italy Dr. Brantingham demonstrates manipulation/mobilization of the foot to chiropractors in Italy.
Drs. James Brantingham and Randy Snyder lectured to European DCs in Italy this summer about chiropractic foot care. The seminar was sponsored by the Italian Chiropractic Association and was held at Cesenatico, a Northern Italian vacation spot on the Adriatic Coast. The lectures were in English, which posed no problem since the European DCs had received their chiropractic education in either England or America.
Drs. Brantingham and Snyder said that the European DCs were eager to learn and to apply new concepts of chiropractic foot care to their already flourishing practices.
