Chiropractic theories advocate that physiologic effects of chiropractic adjustments have an effect upon the sympathetic nervous system (SNS). These theories are used to explain the mechanisms to justify the clinical benefits observed in patients with Type O disorders receiving chiropractic care.
Because a validated research model of vertebral subluxation has yet to be defined, The objective of this study is to examine the effects of chiropractic adjustments on somato-sympathetic responses in an ovine model of cervical disc degeneration.
Not only is cervical disc degeneration a common spinal condition affecting human kind, it also provides a unique opportunity to study a subgroup of vertebral subluxation, characterized by altered mechanical loading with biochemical consequences.
Grant Value: $40,000
Chief Investigators: Christopher Colloca – Research Scientist Department of Kinesiology Arizona State University, Robert J. Moore Head – Adelaide Centre for Spinal Research, Robert Gunzburg – Eeuwfeestkliniek Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium
Status: Complete
Posters:
- World Federation of Chiropractic’s 12th Biennial Congress, April 2013, Durban, South Africa
Colloca CJ, Gunzburg R, Afifi Hegazy M, Moore RJ. Biomechanical and somatosympathetic responses to spinal manipulation in an in Vivo model of cervical intervertebral disc degeneration
Presentations:
- Association of Chiropractic Colleges Educational Conference and Research Agenda Conference March 2016, Orlando, Florida, USA
Colloca CJ, Kuliwaba JS, Freeman BJ, Gunzburg R, Afifi Hegazy M, Hinrichs RN. Biomechanical evaluation of a cervical intervertebral disc degeneration model: part 1 – histological analysis (Oral Presentation). J Chiropr Educ 2016; 30(1):54-5 - Association of Chiropractic Colleges Educational Conference and Research Agenda Conference March 2016, Orlando, Florida, USA
Colloca CJ, Gunzburg R, Freeman BJ, Harrison DE, Afifi Hegazy M, Hinrichs RN. Biomechanical evaluation of a cervical intervertebral disc degeneration model: part 2 – in vivo biomechanical testing (Oral Presentation). J Chiropr Educ 2016; 30(1):55. - Association of Chiropractic Colleges Educational Conference and Research Agenda Conference March 2016, Orlando, Florida, USA
Colloca CJ, Gunzburg R, Freeman BJ, Harrison DE, Afifi Hegazy M, Hinrichs RN. Biomechanical evaluation of a cervical intervertebral disc degeneration model: part 3 – spinal manipulative therapy (Oral Presentation). J Chiropr Educ 2016; 30(1):55. - Annual Scientific Meeting of the Spine Society of Australia April 2016, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Colloca CJ, Kuliwaba JS, Gunzburg R, Hegazy MA, Freeman BJC. Multi-level histological analysis of an ovine cervical spine intervertebral disc degeneration model (Oral Presentation). - Spine week – The North American Spine Society May 2016, Singapore
Colloca CJ, Kuliwaba JS, Freeman BJC, Gunzburg R, Hegazy Afifi M, Hinrichs R. Does an interbody fusion cage with nanoscale porous titanium coating increase spinal segmental stiffness? An In Vivo Biomechanical Analysis in an ovine model (Oral Presentation). P21