Surely the state of the science has advanced since this lawsuit took place.
Yes, it does. We now have meta reviews which were not common back in 1990.
Cochrane is one of the best sources for metastudies and their read of the scientific evidence for chiropractics is: “The review shows that while combined chiropractic interventions slightly improved pain and disability in the short term and pain in the medium term for acute and subacute low-back pain, there is currently no evidence to support or refute that combined chiropractic interventions provide a clinically meaningful advantage over other treatments for pain or disability in people with low-back pain.”
While it’s not shown to be superior to conventional treatment it’s also not shown to be without effect. Given that insurance covers a variety of treatments for back pain that are just as effective as chiropractics, the AMA has been essentially shown wrong.
To me, it’s quite strange to advocate “Don’t Dismiss on Epistemics” while at the same time ignoring scientific meta reviews on the topic.
Yes, it does. We now have meta reviews which were not common back in 1990.
Cochrane is one of the best sources for metastudies and their read of the scientific evidence for chiropractics is: “The review shows that while combined chiropractic interventions slightly improved pain and disability in the short term and pain in the medium term for acute and subacute low-back pain, there is currently no evidence to support or refute that combined chiropractic interventions provide a clinically meaningful advantage over other treatments for pain or disability in people with low-back pain.”
While it’s not shown to be superior to conventional treatment it’s also not shown to be without effect. Given that insurance covers a variety of treatments for back pain that are just as effective as chiropractics, the AMA has been essentially shown wrong.
To me, it’s quite strange to advocate “Don’t Dismiss on Epistemics” while at the same time ignoring scientific meta reviews on the topic.