The study used a web-based questionnaire in chiropractic private practices in the Netherlands and Belgium, which categorized the chiropractors into three groups, primarily distinguished by the biomedical score.
Chiropractors who leaned most towards a biomedical treatment were better at adhering to the guidelines for diagnostic imaging and LBP guidelines when it came to advising on return to work and activity, compared to the other two groups. There was no difference between the groups when it came to treating LBP.
Due to the small number in the high and low biomedical groups, one should be careful in interpreting the results.
Brenda van der Vossen, Annemarie de Zoete, Sidney Rubinstein, Raymond Ostelo, Michiel de Boer. Is the use of diagnostic imaging and the self-reported clinical management of low back pain patients influenced by the attitudes and beliefs of chiropractors? A survey of chiropractors in the Netherlands and Belgium. Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2024.
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