Poster Exhibition
Browse this year’s research poster submissions and see the winners after they’re chosen
On Demand
Thursday, September 23
Session A: New Normal - The Global Need for People-centeredness
- Carlos AYRES, President, WFC
- Richard BROWN, Secretary-General, WFC
Transforming Clinical Care Through a Person-Centered Research Approach
Nakela COOK, Executive Director, PCORI (USA)
Chiropractic’s Role in Community Healthcare: the Hands On Health Experience
Joan VAN ROTTERDAM, Chair, Hands on Health (Australia)
Kindness is a Blockbuster Drug!
Jeremy HOWICK, Oxford Empathy Programme, University of Oxford (UK)
Universal Health Coverage: Serving the Underserved
Mufudzi CHIHAMBAKWE, Spine Health Africa (Botswana)
Steven PASSMORE, Faculty of Kinesiology & Recreation Management University of Manitoba (Canada)
Refreshment break, trade exhibition, and digital poster viewing
Session B: New Normal - Many Faces, One Voice - DEI in Action
- Jamiu BUSARI (Chair), Dean, Horatio Oduber Hospital (Aruba)
- Micheala EDWARDS, President, American Black Chiropractors Association (USA)
- Philippa OAKLEY, British Chiropractic Association (United Kingdom)
- David PEEACE, Past Chair, Canadian Chiropractic Association (Canada)
- Ranen RAMBRIJ, Private Practice (United Arab Emirates)
Refreshment break, trade exhibition, and digital poster viewing
Research Platforms I
Chair: Marc-André BLANCHETTE, University of Quebec at Trois Rivieres (Canada)
- James WHEDON – Utilization of chiropractic care reduces use of prescription opioids among older medicare beneficiaries with spinal pain
- Matthew FERNANDEZ – GLA:D Back Australia: a feasibility study for implementation
- Joshua PLENER – Nonoperative treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis with neurogenic claudication. An updated systematic review
- Craig MOORE – The impact and public health response of chiropractors to the COVID-19 pandemic: A survey across four continents
- Alan JENKS – Spinal manipulative therapy in older adults with chronic low back pain: An individual participant data meta-analysis
- Michele MAIERS – Association between psychosocial parameters and response to chiropractic care among older adults with chronic back pain
Research Platforms II
Chair: Sidney RUBINSTEIN, Assoc. Professor, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Netherlands)
- Kris ANDERSON – Best practices for chiropractic management of patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain: a clinical practice guideline
- Felipe DUARTE – Impulse attenuates nociception and oxidative stress in the spinal cord and sciatic nerve of a rat model of neuropathic pain
- Lise HESTBAEK – Effectiveness of chiropractic manipulation versus sham manipulation for recurrent headaches in children aged 7-14 years. A randomised clinical trial.
- Hazel JENKINS – The association between guideline adherent radiographic imaging by chiropractic students and the diagnostic yield of clinically significant findings
- Katherine POHLMAN – Active versus passive surveillance adverse event reporting in a pediatric chiropractic care setting: a cluster randomized controlled trial
- Michael SCHNEIDER – Risk Factors Associated with Transition from Acute to Chronic Low Back Pain in US Patients Seeking Primary Care
- Patricia TAVARES – Distance management of spinal disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: evidence-based guides from the Global Spine Care Initiative
Essential Pain Science for Chiropractors
- Romy PARKER, Dept. Anaesthesia & Perioperative Medicine, University of Cape Town (South Africa)
- Demetry ASSIMAKOPOULOS, Clinical Coordinator, Comprehensive Integrated Pain Program, University of Toronto (Canada)
Chiropractors as Public Health Advocates
- Claire JOHNSON, Chair, WFC Public Health Committee (USA)
- Rebekah WILKS, World Spine Day Committee (USA)
- Yi Kai WONG, Chiropractic Programme Director, International Medical University (Malaysia)
Research Platforms III
Chair: Katie POHLMAN, Director of Research, Parker University (USA)
- Casper NIM – The temporal stability of self-reported back pain trajectories
- Lyndon AMORIN-WOODS – The role of chiropractic care in providing health promotion and clinical preventive services for adult
patients with musculoskeletal pain - Felipe DUARTE – Short-term effects of spinal manipulation with different force-magnitudes on blood biomarkers of oxidative stress and inflammation: A pilot study
- Stephanie ALEXOPULOS – Tracking clinical care among patients with chronic low back pain: the utility of performance-based
measures of physical function and impairment - Carol Ann WEIS – Best practices recommendations for chiropractic care for pregnant and postpartum patients: results of a consensus process
- Anna-Mar ie ZIEGLER – Learning the neurobiology of pain: A scoping review of pain education from an instructional design
perspective
Research Platforms IV
Chair: Michael SCHNEIDER, University of Pittsburgh (USA)
- Dorthe Schoeler ZIEGLER – Inequality in the treatment of disc herniation? Socio-demographic characteristics of patients
undergoing first-time, single-level, simple lumbar discectomy - Hazel JENKINS – The effects of diagnostic imaging on clinical outcomes in low back pain patients presenting for chiropractic care: matched observational study
- Elisa DUBUC – Chiropractic techniques and treatment modalities included in academic programs: a survey of accredited chiropractic colleges
- Andrew ROMANELLI – GLA:D® at the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College: a description of implementation and participant outcomes
- Maliheh HADIZADEH – Identifying predictors of the timing of successful low back pain treatment response: A secondary RCT
analysis - Lindsay GORRELL – Kinematics of the head and associated vertebral artery strains during the thrust phase of high-velocity, low-amplitude cervical spine manipulation
Emerging Themes in Functional Neurology
- Matthew ANTONUCCI, Plasticity Brain Centers, Florida (USA)
- Igor DIJKERS, Chair, European Academy of Chiropractic (Netherlands)
The Role of Telehealth in the New Normal
- Bart GREEN, Stanford Health Care, California (USA)
- Scott HALDEMAN, World Spine Care (USA)
FRIday, September 24
Session C: Chiropractors as Global Team Players
There and Back Again: An Overview of Biopsychosocial Approaches for Spine Pain
Steven GEORGE, Director of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Duke University (USA)
Now More Than Ever: A Global Strategy of Musculoskeletal Health
Andrew BRIGGS, Curtin University, Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health (Australia)
Deborah KOPANSKY-GILES, Unity Health Care, University of Toronto, Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health (Canada)
Chiropractors Within the National Sports Care Framework
Raul CARRILLO RODRIGUEZ (Mexico)
Interprofessional Care: Only Team Players Need Apply
Anthony LISI, Chiropractic Program Director, Veterans Health Administration (USA)
Refreshment break, trade exhibition, and digital poster viewing
Session D: Seeking Unity Through Collaboration
- William MORGAN (Chair), President Parker University (USA)
- Martin CAMARA, President, Association of Professional Chiropractors of the Philippines (Philippines)
- Selina SIGAFOOSE-JACKSON, Chair, International Chiropractors Association (USA)
- Hayden THOMAS, President New Zealand Chiropractors Association (New Zealand)
- Debbie WRIGHT, Chair, Canadian Chiropractic Association (Canada)
- Richard BROWN, WFC Secretary-General (United Kingdom)
- David CHAPMAN-SMITH, Past WFC Secretary-General (Canada)
Refreshment break, trade exhibition, and digital poster viewing
Research Platforms V
Chair: Keseri PADAYACHY, Durban University of Technology (South Africa)
- Casper NIM – The need for specificity when applying spinal manipulation: Myth or reality? A systematic review
- Annemarie DE ZOETE – Exercise for treatment of acute non-specific low back pain: update of the Cochrane review
- Morgan PRICE – Systematic review of guideline-recommended medications prescribed for treatment of mechanical low back pain
- Aurelie MARCHAND – Entrustable professional activities; the next step in competency-based education? Five EPAs in chiropractic paediatric education
- Katherine POHLMAN – Supporting a culture of transparency and trust — results of an active surveillance reporting system from spinal manipulation therapy providers
- Jesper HJERSTRAND – The Nordic Maintenance Care Program: Patient experience of maintenance care — a qualitative study
Research Platforms VI
Chair: Sheng Hui KIOH, International Medical University (Malaysia)
- Christian MANANSALA – Predictors of non-pharmacological, non-surgical treatment utilization prior to thoracolumbar spine surgery in Manitoba: A Canadian Spine Outcomes Research Network study
- Andreas EKLUND – Maintain, a short clinical instrument for the identification of dysfunctional patients suitable for Maintenance Care
- Christine GOERTZ – Managing pain better: strategies to advance integrated pain management programs
- Peter EMARY – Quality of reporting in chiropractic mixed methods research: a methodological review
- Anneke VERBEECK – Spinal manipulative therapy for acute and subacute low back pain: update of the Cochrane review
- Stacie SALSBURY – Adapting a clinical trial protocol to support virtual chiropractic care delivery and research: planning responses to the evolving COVID-19 pandemic
Black, White and Shades of Gray: A Contemporary Approach to Chiropractic Imaging
- Marshall DELTOFF, Chiropractic Radiologist, Barcelona College of Chiropractic (Spain)
- Cliff TAO, Chiropractic Radiologist (USA)
Chiropractic Regulation: Through Covid-19 and Beyond
- Tim COOPER (Chair ), New Zealand Chiropractic Board (New Zealand)
- Nick JONES, Chief Executive & Registrar , General Chiropractic Council (United Kingdom)
- Wayne MINTER, Chair, Chiropractic Board of Australia (Australia)
- Leonard WONG, Hong Kong Chiropractors Council (Hong Kong)
- Chris YELVERTON, Chair, Allied Health Professions Council of South Africa (South Africa)
Research Platforms VII
Chair: Dana LAWRENCE, Parker University (USA)
- Simon WANG – Discomfort, pain and stiffness: what do these terms mean to patients? A cross-sectional survey with lexical and qualitative analysis
- Anke LANGENFELD – Back muscle perfusion and oxygenation during isometric back muscle exercise in patients with chronic low back pain: A cross-sectional study
- Marc-André BLANCHETTE – The association between characteristics of Danish chiropractors and number of referred patients from general practitioners? A cross-sectional study
- Melissa NEAVE – Characteristics of chiropractic paediatric practice: secondary analysis of the COAST and O-COAST
- Michelle HOLMES – Doing our best for patient safety: a qualitative analysis of provider perspectives from community-based settings offering spinal manipulative therapy
- Stephen PERLE – Evaluation of United States chiropractic professional subgroups: a survey of randomly sampled chiropractors
Research Platforms VIII
Chair: Stacie SALSBURY, Palmer College of Chiropractic (USA)
- Brian COLEMAN – Patterns of low back pain visits by patients receiving on-station healthcare in the Veterans Health Administration
- Jacqueline RIX – Usability Testing as an Aid to Design a Person-Centred Randomised Clinical Trial
- Robert WALLACE – Benefits and challenges of going virtual: the future of research and clinical approaches to musculoskeletal care in US military Veterans
- William BRANN – The effectiveness of cervical spine manipulation on neck muscle activity, force output, pain and disability in participants with cervicogenic headache
- Brian GLEBERZON – The current and future status of the chiropractic profession: A thematic analysis of interviews of 30 influential stakeholders
- Anthony LISI – Assessing mechanisms of chiropractic care delivery in the US Veterans Health Administration
Pediatric Care in Chiropractic: Evaluating the Evidence
- Lise HESTBAEK, University of Southern Denmark (Denmark)
- Katie POHLMAN, Director of Research, Parker University (USA)
- Anna PAPADOPOULOU, Private Practice, Nicosia (Cyprus)
Unlocking the Mysteries of the TMJ
- Alex VIDAN, Private Practice, St. Louis (USA)
Saturday, September 25
Session E: Adapting Healthcare to a New Normal
Gen Z: How Digital Natives Are Moving the Needle in Chiropractic
Wren BURTON, Osher Centre for Integrated Health (USA)
The WHO Global Transformation and Key Lessons from COVID-19
Meri ROBINSON NICOL, Unit Head, Process Efficiency Unit, World Health Organization
Adding Life to Years: Chiropractic’s Contribution to Healthy Ageing
Katie DE LUCA, Macquarie University (Australia)
Why the Decade of Healthy Ageing is Important For Us All
Yuka SUMI, Ageing and Health Unit, World Health Organization
Refreshment break, trade exhibition, and digital poster viewing
Session F: The Future in Our Hands
Knowledge Transfer in Chiropractic: Power, Advancement, Currency
Shawn THISTLE, RRS Education (Canada)
- Clay McDONALD (Chair), President, Logan University, Missouri (USA)
- Keiron BOOSI, Director External Affairs, WCCS (South Africa)
- Anthony COXON, President, Australian Chiropractors Association (Australia)
- Alison DANTAS, CEO, Canadian Chiropractic Association (Canada)
- Lone KOUSGAARD JORGENSEN, President, Danish Chiropractic Association (Denmark)
Refreshment break, trade exhibition, and digital poster viewing
Session G: WFC Research Awards - The Voices Of Science
Christine GOERTZ, Chair, WFC Research Committee
- Scott Haldeman Award for Outstanding Research
- NCMIC Louis Sportelli Research Award (First Prize)
- NCMIC Louis Sportelli Research Award (Second Prize)
- Early Investigator Award
- WFC IBCE Poster Awards
Michele MAIERS, President, American Chiropractic Association (USA)
2023 WFC Congress Organizing Team
Richard BROWN