{"id":36883,"date":"2023-03-03T14:42:43","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T19:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chiropractic.org\/?page_id=36883"},"modified":"2023-03-03T14:43:57","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T19:43:57","slug":"ica-best-practices-and-practice-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.chiropractic.org\/ica-best-practices-and-practice-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"ICA Best Practices and Practice Guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In November 2013, the International Chiropractors Association Committee on Best Practices and Practice Guidelines posted the Final Draft of the ICA Best Practices &amp; Practice Guidelines at the website:  http:\/\/icabestpractices.org\/ for the Profession to offer feedback.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;The Best Practices and Practice Guidelines, written for and by International Chiropractors Association members, contained herein, are evidence-based suggestions for appropriate care of patients seeking chiropractic care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Committee that provided these Chaired by the late Donald D. Harrison, PhD, DC, MSEICA&nbsp;Board with Leonard Siskin, BS, DC serving as Vice-Chair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Executive Committee members included:  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Joseph W. Betz, BS, DC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dwight DeGeorge, MS, DC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deed E.&nbsp;Harrison,&nbsp;DC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eric Huntington, DC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Joseph R. Ferrantelli, BS, DC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Section 1: Preliminaries<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Preface:<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chiropractic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ICA-Best-Practices-and-Practice-Guidelines-2013-Prreface_TOC.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Background<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Chapter 1:<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chiropractic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ICA-Best-Practices-and-Practice-Guidelines-2013-Chapter-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Introduction<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Chapter 2:<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chiropractic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ICA-Best-Practices-and-Practice-Guidelines-2013-Chapter-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Legal Definitions, Authorities, Ethics, Responsibilities<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Chapter 3:<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chiropractic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ICA-Best-Practices-and-Practice-Guidelines-2013-Chapter-3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Choice of Chiropractic Technique: The Doctor\u2019s Right to Choose Under State Laws<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Chapter 4:<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chiropractic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ICA-Best-Practices-and-Practice-Guidelines-2013-Chapter-4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Risk Benefit Ratio for Chiropractic Care<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Chapter 5:<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chiropractic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ICA-Best-Practices-and-Practice-Guidelines-2013-Chapter-5.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Costs of Chiropractic Care<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Chapter 6:<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chiropractic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ICA-Best-Practices-and-Practice-Guidelines-2013-Chapter-6.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Routine Plain Film Radiography is Standard of Practice<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Section 2: ICA Best Practices<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Chapter 7:<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chiropractic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ICA-Best-Practices-and-Practice-Guidelines-2013-Chapter-7.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.chiropractic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ICA-Best-Practices-and-Practice-Guidelines-2013-Chapter-7.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Outcome Measures: reliability &amp; Validity<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Chapter 8:<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chiropractic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ICA-Best-Practices-and-Practice-Guidelines-2013-Chapter-8.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.chiropractic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ICA-Best-Practices-and-Practice-Guidelines-2013-Chapter-8.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Methods: The Search for, Levels of, Ratings of, and Grading of Evidence<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Chapter 9:<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chiropractic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ICA-Best-Practices-and-Practice-Guidelines-2013-Chapter-9.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.chiropractic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ICA-Best-Practices-and-Practice-Guidelines-2013-Chapter-9.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Modalities: Ancillary &amp; Preparatory to the Adjustment<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Chapter 10:<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chiropractic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ICA-Best-Practices-and-Practice-Guidelines-2013-Chapter-10.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.chiropractic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ICA-Best-Practices-and-Practice-Guidelines-2013-Chapter-10.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Best Practices: Organizing the Chiropractic Clinical Evidence<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Section 3: ICA&#8217;s Practice Guidelines<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Chapter 11:<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chiropractic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ICA-Best-Practices-and-Practice-Guidelines-2013-Chapter-11.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.chiropractic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ICA-Best-Practices-and-Practice-Guidelines-2013-Chapter-11.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Practice Guidelines: Frequency &amp; Duration Recommendations<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Chapter 12:<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chiropractic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ICA-Best-Practices-and-Practice-Guidelines-2013-Chapter-12.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.chiropractic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ICA-Best-Practices-and-Practice-Guidelines-2013-Chapter-12.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dissemination, Implementation, and Periodic Review<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Appendix I:<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chiropractic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ICA-Best-Practices-and-Practice-Guidelines-2013-Appendix-1.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.chiropractic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ICA-Best-Practices-and-Practice-Guidelines-2013-Appendix-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Glossary of Common Chiropractic Terms &amp; Abbreviations<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Appendix II:<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chiropractic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ICA-Best-Practices-and-Practice-Guidelines-2013-Appendix-2.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.chiropractic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ICA-Best-Practices-and-Practice-Guidelines-2013-Appendix-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">References for Tables 1-6 in Chapter 10<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chiropractic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ICA-Best-Practices-and-Practice-Guidelines-2013-Committee-Leadership-Members.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.chiropractic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ICA-Best-Practices-and-Practice-Guidelines-2013-Committee-Leadership-Members.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">View full committee member and contact information<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In November 2013, the International Chiropractors Association Committee on Best Practices and Practice Guidelines posted the Final Draft of the ICA Best Practices &amp; 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