ADVANCING KNOWLEDGE THROUGH RESEARCH


VERDICT Reaches Project Milestone


In May 2024, the Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research (PCCR) reached a major project milestone by meeting its enrollment goal of 766 veterans in the clinical trial “Veteran Response to Dosage in Chiropractic Therapy (VERDICT)”.


VERDICT will provide evidence to guide the number of visits in an initial course of care and an extended-care approach for veterans with chronic low-back pain. The trial finishes data collection in May 2025 with results following. Information on the effectiveness of the number of visits for chiropractic care can greatly assist Veterans Affairs in determining the number of Doctors of Chiropractic that will best meet the needs of veterans with chronic low-back pain.


VERDICT is a part of an $81 million federally funded National Institutes of Health-Department of Defense- Veterans Affairs Pain Management Collaboratory that supports large-scale pragmatic clinical trials focusing on non-drug pain management approaches for active-duty and veteran populations, who experience high rates of chronic pain, which can negatively impact quality of life and increases the risk of opioid abuse.


This $7 million, five-year clinical trial is led by the PCCR at chiropractic clinics in four Veterans Affairs Health facilities in collaboration with investigators at the University of Iowa, Yale University, Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice, and Duke University.


Palmer Dean of Research Named Most Highly-Published Researcher in Manual Therapy


Cynthia Long, Ph.D., PStat, dean of research at Palmer College of Chiropractic, was recognized as the most highly-published and collaborative researcher in manual therapy for people with low-back pain. Her research has focused on spinal manipulative therapy by chiropractors for patients with musculoskeletal pain.


Dr. Long joined the Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research at its inception in 1995. The Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research is the most highly funded and productive chiropractic research effort in the United States.


“Before 1995, Palmer and a number of colleges conducted chiropractic research, but Palmer’s leadership decided to invest more heavily in research and expand and strengthen our work,” says Dr. Long.


“What’s unique about Palmer is that we took the most sustainable approach. Today we can look back and see that chiropractic research has influenced many realms of the profession, from curriculum, to practice, to the rise of multidisciplinary care settings and even policy. Palmer pushed the envelope by collaborating with high-level research institutions outside of chiropractic to grow and expand our reach. Today that research is used profession-wide and beyond.”


Cynthia Long, Ph.D., PStat 9


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