Index to Chiropractic Literature
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URL https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8263435
Journal J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 1993 Oct;16(8):550-555
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Peer Review Yes
Publication Type Case Report
Abstract/Notes

OBJECTIVE: To present two cases in which patients with Type I Arnold-Chiari malformation (ACM) were treated with adjustments to the cervical spine for conditions unrelated to the anomaly.

CLINICAL FEATURES: The ACM is an anomaly of central nervous system development in which structures from the posterior fossa descend below the level of the foramen magnum.

INTERVENTION AND OUTCOME: The patients reported were adjusted multiple times to the cervical spine. No ill effects or complications were noted related to the ACM.

CONCLUSIONS: Asymptomatic Type I ACM is not necessarily a contraindication to skilled adjustments to the cervical spine.

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