The impact of chiropractic care on prescription opioid use for non-cancer spine pain: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Emary P, Corcoran K, Coleman B, Brown A, Ciraco C, DiDonato J, Wang L, Couban R, Sud A, Busse J. The impact of chiropractic care on prescription opioid use for non-cancer spine pain: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. Systematic Reviews 2024, 13: 232. PMID: 39267131, PMCID: PMC11394937, DOI: 10.1186/s13643-024-02654-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChiropractic careSpine painRandomized controlled trialsPrescription opioid useOdds ratioConfidence intervalsHazard ratioSystematic reviewAssociated with lower oddsHealth care providersObservational studyPairs of reviewersPrescription opioidsRisk-of-bias assessmentOpioid useCertainty of evidencePeer-reviewed publicationsChiropractic LiteratureChiropractic servicesRandom-effects modelCare providersWeb of ScienceMusculoskeletal painSources of heterogeneityDiscussionOur review