A Comparison of Active and Simulated Chiropractic Manipulation as Adjunctive Treatment for Childhood Asthma

The use of alternative or complementary approaches to health care is increasing. 1 – 3 In 1993, 48 percent of Australians over the age of 15 used non–medically prescribed alternative treatments, and 20 percent visited a practitioner of alternative medicine. 1 In 1990, 34 percent of U.S. adults had used an unconventional treatment method in the previous year; one third of these had visited a provider of unconventional therapy. 2 Canadian physicians increasingly refer patients to practitioners of alternative medicine yet criticize the lack of evidence supporting the efficacy of such treatment. 3 In Brisbane, Australia, 45 percent of families with a family member with . . .