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2009 Scientific SymposiumImage

Melbourne, Australia
22 November, 2009

The Australasian College of Chiropractors presented the Scientific Symposium 2009 in conjuction with The Australian Spinal Research Foundation, the New Zealand Chiropractors' Association and The Chiropractic Association (Singapore)


Session One

1.   Peter W. Bull: Quality Assurance and Dose Reduction in Chiropractic Digital Spinography – An Informal Audit of Current Practice
      amongst Field Practitioners.


2.   Rosemary Pace, Amanda Kimpton. Care plan modification and use of guidelines for referral for plain radiography in chiropractic
       practice.


3.   Wayne Hoskins, Henry Pollard, Chris Daff, Andrew Odell, Peter Garbutt, Andrew McHardy, Kate Hardy, George Dragasevic. Low back
      pain in junior Australian Rules football: a cross-sectional survey of elite juniors, juniors and non-football controls.

4.   (C) Kelly Holt, Paul Noone, Krystal Short, Heidi Haavik Taylor. Falls risk profile of elderly chiropractic patients.

5.   Chris Julian, Wayne Hoskins. Sports chiropractic management at the World Ice Hockey Championships.

6.   Joel Alcantara, Joey Alcantara, Junjoe Alcantara. AGREE to disagree: a critical evaluation of the Victoria clinical practice guidelines on the chiropractic care of children with the Appraisal of Guidelines Research and Evaluation instrument.

7.   Ali Postles, Heidi Haavik Taylor, Kelly Holt. Changes in asthma symptoms and bedwetting in a four year old child receiving chiropractic
      care
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8.   (B) Joel Alcantara, Linda Mullin, Jeanne Ohm, Derek Kuntz. The chiropractic care of pregnant patients: results from a survey of chiropractors in a practice-based research network.

Session Two

9.   Sally Green, Andrew Lawrence, et alManagement of acute low-back pain in chiropractic and physiotherapy practice: Improving care
       by increasing uptake of evidence-based guidelines; an overview of the ALIGN cluster randomised controlled trial
.

10. David Russell, George Ellis, Richard Kashmiri, Kelly Holt. A survey of the public perception of chiropractic and chiropractic spinal
      screenings
.

11. Navine Haworth, Sharon Gordon. Transitioning from student to clinician; what can be implemented to assist in this transition?

12. John Dulhunty, Kevin Kraemer, Joseph Salameh. The vertebral subluxation: a compromised follower load?

13. Ken Kamei, Dinesh Kant Kumar, Barbara Polus. Development of surface electro-myography (EMG) as a tool to assess the functional
      status of lumbar paraspinal muscles for chiropractic practice
.

14. (D) Kelly Holt, Randy W. Beck, Stephen G. Sexton, Heidi Haavik Taylor. Reflex effects of a spinal adjustment on blood pressure.

15. (A) Heidi Haavik Taylor, Kelly Holt, Bernadette Murphy. Exploring the neuro-modulatory effects of the vertebral subluxation and
      chiropractic care
.

Prizes Provided By:

A  The Australian Spinal Research Foundation

B  The Chiropractors' Association of Australia (National) Limited

C  The New Zealand Chiropractors' Association

D  The Chiropractic Association (Singapore)

 

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