Revisões sistemáticas de estudos clínicos controlados de tratamentos quiropráticos não encontraram evidência de eficácia para qualquer condição médica, com a possível exceção do tratamento para dor nas costas.[5]
As técnicas de tratamento mais comuns consistem em terapias manuais, principalmente em manipulação vertebral, manipulação de outras articulações e manipulação de tecidos moles.[6] Os fundamentos da quiropraxia incluem conceitos pseudocientíficos como "subluxação vertebral" e a "inteligência inata".[5][7][8][9][10]
↑Chapman-Smith DA, Cleveland CS III (2005). «International status, standards, and education of the chiropractic profession». In: Haldeman S, Dagenais S, Budgell B, et al. Principles and Practice of Chiropractic 3rd ed. [S.l.]: McGraw-Hill. pp. 111–34. ISBN0-07-137534-1
↑ abNelson CF, Lawrence DJ, Triano JJ, Bronfort G, Perle SM, Metz RD, Hegetschweiler K, LaBrot T (2005). «Chiropractic as spine care: a model for the profession». Chiropr Osteopat. 13 (1): 9. PMC1185558. PMID16000175. doi:10.1186/1746-1340-13-9. The length, breadth, and depth of chiropractic clinical training do not support the claim of broad diagnostic competency required of a PCP. Studies of chiropractic intern clinical experience provides no evidence that chiropractors are trained to a level of a diagnostic generalist for non-musculoskeletal conditions. For chiropractors to describe themselves as PCP diagnosticians is to invite comparisons to other PC diagnosticians, i.e., family practitioners, pediatricians and internists. Such comparisons will not reflect favorably on chiropractic. PCP: primary care providers
↑ abErro de citação: Etiqueta <ref> inválida; não foi fornecido texto para as refs de nome Ernst-eval
↑Mootz RD, Shekelle PG (1997). «Content of practice». In: Cherkin DC, Mootz RD. Chiropractic in the United States: Training, Practice, and Research. Rockville, MD: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. pp. 67–91. OCLC39856366 AHCPR Pub No. 98-N002.
↑Keating JC Jr (2005). «A brief history of the chiropractic profession». In: Haldeman S, Dagenais S, Budgell B, et al. Principles and Practice of Chiropractic 3rd ed. [S.l.]: McGraw-Hill. pp. 23–64. ISBN0-07-137534-1
↑Singh, S; Ernst, E (2008). «The truth about chiropractic therapy». Trick or Treatment: The Undeniable Facts about Alternative Medicine. [S.l.]: W.W. Norton. pp. 145–90. ISBN978-0-393-06661-6