Initial integration of chiropractic services into a provincially funded inner city community health centre: a program description

Steven R. Passmore; Audrey Toth; Joel Kanovsky; Gerald Olin

Table 4.

Duration of Complaint – Duration of complaint from new patients (N=177), some with multiple regions, at the Mount Carmel Clinic’s (MCC) chiropractic clinic.

Acute Pain (% of Acute) Chronic Pain [>3 months] (% of Chronic) Ratio (acute to chronic)
Cervical Spine 18 (20.7%) 76 (19.4%) 1 : 4.2
Thoracic Spine 21 (24.1%) 91 (23.2%) 1 : 4.3
Lumbar Spine 17 (19.5%) 105 (26.8%) 1 : 6.2
Sacroiliac 7 (8.0%) 69 (17.6%) 1 : 9.9
Extremity 24 (27.6%) 51 (13.0%) 1 : 2.1

	Acute Pain (% of Acute)	Chronic Pain [>3 months] (% of Chronic)	Ratio (acute to chronic)
Cervical Spine	18 (20.7%)	76 (19.4%)	1 : 4.2
Thoracic Spine	21 (24.1%)	91 (23.2%)	1 : 4.3
Lumbar Spine	17 (19.5%)	105 (26.8%)	1 : 6.2
Sacroiliac	7 (8.0%)	69 (17.6%)	1 : 9.9
Extremity	24 (27.6%)	51 (13.0%)	1 : 2.1