Normal paraspinal tissue compliance: the reliability of a new clinical and experimental instrument.

Test-retest reliability of a hand-held tissue compliance meter was evaluated in 20 normal subjects at four paraspinal locations to determine possible effects of probe response or other sources of variability on measurements taken 10 min later at exactly the same location. If tissue compliance, as measured by this instrument, is to be used in a pre-post context to evaluate treatment effects, caution is urged, since 26% of the sites were significantly (+/- 1.96 SD) different on 10 min retest though subjects remained supine and without intervention.

Interexaminer reliability of the innatometer.

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Intra- and interobserver reliability of passive motion palpation of the lumbar spine.

Sixty student volunteers were assessed for fixation in the lumbar spine using a passive motion palpation protocol. Subjects were examined in random order by two experienced chiropractors. Every subject was evaluated twice by each examiner.

Interexaminer concordance in detecting joint-play asymmetries in the cervical spines of otherwise asymptomatic subjects.

Interexaminer concordance for motion-based palpation of the middle and lower cervical spine was investigated. The palpatory task consisted of determining whether end-range joint resistance on lateral flexion was greater on one side of a given cervical segment when compared to that of the contralateral joint. Palpators also were asked to indicate the relative magnitude of the asymmetry, when detected.

Journal of Manipulative & Physiological Therapeutics: a bibliographic analysis.

The first 9 years of the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics (JMPT) (1978-1986) were surveyed to determine concentrations of research activity, educational backgrounds of contributors, sources of funding for chiropractic science, and the volume and kinds of research in chiropractic. Most articles were authored by chiropractors but a fourth of all articles included contributors with scientific/academic doctorates. Most chiropractors were affiliated with a chiropractic college, but collaboration among chiropractic colleges was rare.