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Research Department Mission Statement

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The Mission of the Research Department at Life Chiropractic College West is to contribute to the knowledge base of the chiropractic profession through the initiation, completion and publication of original scientific research. In addition, the department serves as a technological resource for the college campus (i.e. faculty, students, administrators and staff) and the chiropractic profession in general, to assist and facilitate scholarly activity.

Goals and Objectives

The goals of the department are to complete studies that:

1. Refine the clinical decision making processes/examination procedures used by chiropractors in the detection of subluxation (e.g., reliability, validity, and clinical utility studies);
   
2. Compare the relative efficacies, effectiveness, and safety of different chiropractic care techniques in various patient populations (e.g., randomized controlled clinical trials, n of 1 time series, and retrospective studies);
   
3. Compare the relative efficacies, effectiveness and safety of chiropractic care vs. medical treatments and natural history in various patient populations (e.g., randomized controlled clinical trials, n of 1 time series, and retrospective studies);
   
4. Elucidate the underlying neuromechanical mechanisms associated with optimal spinal health and subluxation (e.g. biomechanics research);
   
5. Elucidate, compare, or contrast chiropractic care paradigms of health, wellness, and disease (e.g. epidemiological surveys/trials and descriptive research); and
   
6. Describe chiropractic analytical and care procedures in diverse patient populations (e.g., case report, case series).