Programs and Offices
Programs
The Chiropractic Technique and Technology Assessment
program focuses on studies related to the validity and reliability of
clinical diagnostic and outcome measurement procedures, especially major
goals to improve the quality of chiropractic care and provide data to
support the development of chiropractic practice parameters.
The Clinical Trials and Outcomes Research program
focuses on studies that evaluate the efficacy and effectiveness of
chiropractic care for specific health conditions, such as patients with
chronic pelvic pain, hypertension, chronic neck pain, headache or low
back pain.
The Consortial Center for Chiropractic Research (CCCR)
is headquartered at Palmer College and includes National University of
Health Sciences, New York Chiropractic College, Northwestern Health
Sciences University, Southern California University of Health Sciences,
Western States Chiropractic College, Canadian Memorial Chiropractic
College, Kansas State University, McMaster University, State University
of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook, The University of Iowa, and University
of Calgary. Its mission is focused on clinical and technical support to
chiropractic investigators, the development of research projects and
building an infrastructure to support chiropractic research. CCCR is
supported by National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The Center for the Study of Mechanisms & Effects of Chiropractic
Adjustments is a Multidisciplinary Developmental Center for the
study of mechanisms and effects of chiropractic manipulations, supported
by the NCCAM. The long-range plan of the Center is to gain further
insight into spinal manipulation and its physiological biomechanical
mechanisms through collaborative investigations with National University
of Health Sciences, Kansas State University, SUNY at Stony Brook, and The
University of Iowa.
The Educational Research program focuses on studies
geared to evaluate and improve the quality of chiropractic education.
Such studies pertain to chiropractic colleges, faculty and students, and
can impact scholarly activity and academic policies and procedures.
The Experimental Biomechanics and Neurosciences Research
program is geared toward basic science-oriented studies relevant to
chiropractic theory and practice, especially subluxation and the
chiropractic adjustment. Studies in this program attempt to model and
test hypotheses with respect to the biomechanical and neurological
mechanisms underlying chiropractic concepts and procedures, its research
relying heavily on sophisticated technological instrumentation and
laboratory controls.
The Health Services and Policy Research program (HSPRP)
concentrates on studies having to do with the impact of chiropractic in
various health delivery systems, including examinations of the role of
chiropractic in the evolving managed care industry, assessing patient
satisfaction and evaluating cost-effectiveness.
Office
The Office of Data Management and Biostatistics provides
a standardized process for data entry and management, and consults on
statistical design and analysis for research conducted at the Center. In
addition, the Office has the capability of doing work for contract in
collaboration with other institutions and scientists.
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