Practice behaviors, attitudes, musculoskeletal complaints, and previous exposure to chiropractic care in a group of recreational golfers.

Objective: This study investigates the practice behaviors, attitudes, musculoskeletal complaints, and previous exposure to chiropractic care in a group of recreational golfers.

Methods: A survey study was conducted on recreational golfers who were attending an annual golf show at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minn.

A functional pre-manipulative spinal orthopedic assessment maneuver.

Objective: To introduce and describe a standardized protocol for a functional, pre-manipulative assessment procedure for spinal pain.

Design: Two brief case reports and the clinical utility of this maneuver is compared with another commonly used orthopedic test in a retrospective study involving 50 subjects.

Setting: Northwestern Health Sciences University's Bloomington Natural Care Center.

The effects of orthotic intervention and 9 holes of simulated golf on gait in experienced golfers.

Background: This investigation evaluated the effects of orthotic intervention on gait patterns and fatigue associated with 9 holes of simulated golf among a group of experienced golfers.

Setting: Northwestern Health Sciences University, Bloomington, Minn.

Participants: Twelve experienced golfers.

Effects of orthotic intervention and nine holes of simulated golf on club-head velocity in experienced golfers.

Objective: This study was an initial investigation evaluating the effects of orthotic intervention on club-head velocity (CHV) among a group of experienced golfers before and after 9 holes of simulated golf.

Setting: Northwestern College of Chiropractic, Bloomington, Minnesota.

Participants: Twelve experienced golfers were included in the study.

A conservative approach for a patient with traumatically induced urinary incontinence.

Objective: To consider a conservative management plan for a patient suffering from diurnal enuresis.

Clinical Features: A 12-yr-old girl complained of left flank pain and involuntary urine loss that apparently began a short time after she fell backwards and landed on her coccyx. She had to wear a sanitary pad prophylactically throughout each day for more than a year because of unpredictable urinary incontinence.