Dear Colleague:
The SOT Research Update is a service offered by SOTO-USA to help doctors become aware of the latest sacro occipital technique (SOT) research related events, papers, and concepts affecting our practices. Please contact me directly at drcblum@aol.com if you are aware of others who might be interested in receiving this quarterly newsletter.
SOT Certification Series seminars are beginning and have a new updated format with more information. Start learning or updating your SOT knowledge this September 22-23, 2012 at Northwestern University of Health Sciences or October 20-21, 2012 at Life University. More seminars are in the works.
Don't miss 14th Annual SOTO-USA Clinical Symposium May 2-5, 2013, in Atlanta, Georgia.
For information of SOT and Craniopathy/Cranial Certification Series seminars: Click here for more information. Don't forget you can always have SOTO-USA come to you by: Designing Your Own SOT Seminar - Click Here for Information
In this issue we will share the SOT related studies that will be shared at upcoming Research Conferences. Also a recent study discussing SOT blocking as part of a treatment protocol for piriformis muscle syndrome, generalized hypermobility syndrome - its relationship to category two, and the limited research supporting the use of parachutes.
SOT has a presence on the new "WikiChiro.org" site, check it out: Sacro Occipital Technique.
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Parachutes - Where is the Evidence?
The Value of Observational Studies
How many times have we heard that there isn't sufficient research or evidence for chiropractic or our SOT care? Often when our research is shared the next comment is it doesn't mean anything if they aren't randomized controlled trial (RCT) studies.
RCTs commonly use a control group who do not received treatment, a sham or placebo intervention to compare to the actual treatment, and optimally everyone is blinded so no one knows who is getting which treatment. These are great with studying medications since everyone can get the same blue pill and the interventions appear the same to everyone.
The problem with manual therapy such as chiropractic is that it is very hard to produce a chiropractic treatment that doesn't have some effect to a patient. Also isolating one aspect of a chiropractic treatment and studying that in isolation, which is needed with an RCT, often misses out on the whole body treatment needed for an effective intervention.
So it is not uncommon in manual manipulative health studies to utilize observational studies. Concato, Shah, and Horwitz, found in a New England Journal of Medicine study entitled, "Randomized, controlled trials, observational studies, and the hierarchy of research designs." that "...well-designed observational studies (with either a cohort or a case-control design) do not systematically overestimate the magnitude of the effects of treatment as compared with those in randomized, controlled trials on the same topic."
So with that backdrop I highly recommend that you take a moment to read this article published in the British Medical Journal, entitled, "Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma related to gravitational challenge: systematic review of randomised controlled trials"
It is humorous to note that they conclude, "As with many interventions intended to prevent ill health, the effectiveness of parachutes has not been subjected to rigorous evaluation by using randomised controlled trials. Advocates of evidence based medicine have criticised the adoption of interventions evaluated by using only observational data. We think that everyone might benefit if the most radical protagonists of evidence based medicine organised and participated in a double blind, randomised, placebo controlled, crossover trial of the parachute."
Parachutes - In Need of an RCT? - Click Here
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Sacro Occipital Technique Organization - USA
is a 501c3
non-profit,
professional organization formed to promote the
awareness,
understanding and utilization of the Sacro
Occipital
Technique
method of chiropractic as founded and
developed by
Dr.
Major Bertrand DeJarnette.
The SOTO-USA family all looks forward to
seeing you
May 2-5, 2013, for the 2013 Clinical Symposium in Atlanta, Georgia. It will be a
great
opportunity to learn the
essence of SOT or advance your SOT training
with
integrative classes in SOT, CMRT, and Cranial.
For those interested in working with the dental
profession
treating TMD then this symposium is light
years ahead of anything else available. We will continue with the TMJ Chiropractic Certification Course at this seminar.
Please consider submitting a paper for the 2013 SOT Research Conference and contact me if you need any help with your submission.
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