Comments on: Those quacks and their anecdotes http://www.skepticat.org/2009/07/those-quacks-and-their-anecdotes/ resisting the age of endarkenment Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:57:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Aristotle http://www.skepticat.org/2009/07/those-quacks-and-their-anecdotes/comment-page-1/#comment-319 Aristotle Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:05:05 +0000 http://skepticat.wordpress.com/?p=622#comment-319 Here's a ref you might be interested in: Cassidy JD, Boyle B, Cote P, He Y, Hogg-Johnson S, Silver FL, Bondy SJ. Risk of vertebro-basilar stroke and chiropractic care: results of a population based case control and case crossover study. Spine 2008 Feb 15; 33 (4 suppl): S176-83 The study looked at nine years of data in Ontario, and found that 818 patients with a vertebrobasilar artery [VBA] stroke. The study goes on to say that any observed association between a VBA stroke and chiropractic manipulation is likely due to patients with an undiagnosed vertebral artery dissection seeking care for neck pain and headache before they suffered a stroke. Here’s a ref you might be interested in:
Cassidy JD, Boyle B, Cote P, He Y, Hogg-Johnson S, Silver FL, Bondy SJ. Risk of vertebro-basilar stroke and chiropractic care: results of a population based case control and case crossover study. Spine 2008 Feb 15; 33 (4 suppl): S176-83

The study looked at nine years of data in Ontario, and found that 818 patients with a vertebrobasilar artery [VBA] stroke. The study goes on to say that any observed association between a VBA stroke and chiropractic manipulation is likely due to patients with an undiagnosed vertebral artery dissection seeking care for neck pain and headache before they suffered a stroke.

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