Veterinary Chiropractic Research

Research regarding the development and use of chiropractic in animals is still relatively limited. The scientific literature (and collective clinical experience) does support chiropractic as a method of therapy for humans and horses. Chiropractic should continue to be considered and applied by well-trained animal practitioners in the future.

Further studies related to chiropractic in animals are needed.

Effects of manipulative therapy on the longissimus dorsi in the equine back
JM Wakeling, K Barnett, S Price, K Nankervis 2006 Equine and Comparative Exercise Physiology, Volume 3, Issue 3, August 2006, pp 153-160

Effect of chiropractic manipulations on the kinematics of back and limbs in horses with clinically diagnosed back problems
CBG Alvarez, JJ L'ami, D Moffatt, W Back, RR van Weeren; Equine Vet J. 2008 March; 40(2):153-9

Long‐term Follow‐up of Manipulative Treatment in a Horse with Back Problems
MJ Faber, PR Van Weeren, M Schepers, J Vet Med A Physiol Pathol Clin Med. 2003 Jun;50(5):241-5

Effects of vertebral mobilization and manipulation on kinematics of the thoracolumbar region
KK Haussler, AE Hill, CM Puttlitz, CW McIlwraith , Am J Vet Res, 2007 May 68(5), 508-5016

Efficacy of spinal manipulation and mobilisation on trunk flexibility and stiffness in horses: a randomised clinical trial
KK Haussler, CE Martin, AE Hill - Equine Vet J Suppl. 2010 Nov;(38):695-702

The effects of chiropractic, massage and phenylbutazone on spinal mechanical nociceptive thresholds in horses without clinical signs
KA Sullivan, AE Hill, KK Haussler - Equine Vet J. 2008 Jan;40(1):14-20