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Patients who have chronic spinal pain syndromes and were under chiropractor care did a lot better than patients who took medicine or had acupuncture.

Patients who were a part of the study had pain for over 13 weeks. Each of the three groups of participants were treated with one type of care. There was acupuncture given to one group, medication to another, and chiropractic care was given to another group.

Questionnaires that were standardized were used to evaluate the participants. Participants completed these questionnaires when they started the study and again after 9 weeks of care. There was a comparison to the same questionnaires, of the results, that were administered to the same patients one year later.

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Researchers took great pains not to include those who were receiving a number of forms of care for their affliction. The aim was to have the results show the benefits of one type of care. Using this method, external factors would be minimized and the outcome should be completely based on the kind of care the patient had.

It was found that after one year, only those that received chiropractic care still noted significant improvement. Researchers found that patients in all three groups realized some short term benefits from whatever care they received. The group that received medication did not do as well as the group that received acupuncture.

The best results, however, were produced in the group that was the recipient of chiropractic care. The conclusion of the authors was that broad-based, beneficial short-term and long-term outcomes were enjoyed by patients with chronic mechanical pain syndromes who received spinal manipulation.

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