Publications by authors named "G Plaugher"
Response to "Forces of Commonly Used Chiropractic Techniques for Children: A Review of the Literature".
J Manipulative Physiol Ther
December 2018
Objective: To describe the chiropractic care of a patient with a pelvic ring fracture and concomitant subluxations of multiple segments of the spinal column.
Clinical Features: A 23-year-old male, after falling down a flight of stairs, was initially hospitalized for fractures of the pelvis. Five weeks posthospitalization, the patient initiated chiropractic care with complaints of severe low back pain with lower extremity involvement.
Objective: To describe the chiropractic care of a geriatric patient with complaints of midthoracic and low back pain.
Clinical Features: A 74-year-old woman sought chiropractic care with complaints of thoracic spinal pain following a fall. Palpation findings included hypertonicity and tenderness along with painful muscle spasms in the paraspinal musculature of the thoracolumbar spine.
Chiropractic care of a pediatric patient with myasthenia gravis.
J Manipulative Physiol Ther
December 2003
Objective: To describe the chiropractic care of a pediatric patient with complaints associated with myasthenia gravis. Clinical features A 2-year-old girl was provided chiropractic care at the request and consent of her parents for complaints of ptosis and generalized muscle weakness (ie, lethargy), particularly in the lower extremities. Prior to entry into chiropractic management, magnetic resonance imaging of the brain and acetylcholine receptor antibody tests were performed with negative results.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To examine radiological changes of the lateral cervical curve in patients who received chiropractic care after motor vehicle collisions.
Design: A retrospective case series. Thirteen patients who had received chiropractic care after motor vehicle collisions were selected from a northeastern Washington chiropractic office.