Research
Evidence-based practice involves clinical decision & diagnostics which considers the best, most up-to-date scientific evidence which support and justify intervention for patient care.
Dr. Mar utilizes empirically supported intervention techniques together with patient values, their preferences and sound clinical judgment as the healthcare practitioner to provide customized treatment plans for each individual patient.
Animal Chiropractic Research
- Degenerative Changes Following Spinal Fixation in a Small Animal Model
- Benefits of Chiropractic on Dogs with Patella Luxation
- Effect of chiropractic manipulations on the kinematics of back and limb in horses with clinically diagnosed back problems
- Evaluation of the Effects of Chiropractic on Static and Dynamic Muscle Variables in Sport Horses
- The effects of chiropractic, massage and phenylbutazone on spinal mechanical nociceptive thresholds in horses without clinical signs
- Efficacy of spinal manipulation and mobilisation on trunk flexibility and stiffness in horses
- Chiropractic abnormalities of the lumbar spine significantly associated with urinary incontinence and retention in dogs
- Long-term Follow-up of Manipulative Treatment in a Horse with Back Problems
- Case study: Conservative Manual Chiropractic Management of a Recurrent Medial Luxating Patella in a Dog
- Resolution of Cauda Equina Syndrome Following Chiropractic Care in a 7-Year-Old Dachshund with Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Case Study & Review of the Literature
- Chiropractic for Boxers to Prevent Spondylosis
- Resolution of Constipation, Polydipsia and Generalized Weakness in a 14-year-old Canine Following Chiropractic Adjustment: A Case Report & Review of the Literature
- Resolution of Orthostatic Intention Tremors in a 3-week-old Male Great Dane Following Chiropractic: A Case Report & Review of the Literature
- Response of Muscle Proprioceptors to Spinal Manipulative-like Loads in the Anesthetized Cat
- Reversal of Paraplegia in a Four Year Old Shih Tzu Bichon Canine: A Case Study
- Reversal of Paraplegia Secondary to Intervertebral Disc Disease in 24 Canines with Vertebral Subluxation: A Retrospective Analysis of Outcomes Following Chiropractic
- A Review of Chiropractic Veterinary Science: An Emerging Profession With Somatic and Somatovisceral Anecdotal Histories
- Successful Treatment of Lick Granuloma with Chiropractic Therapy
Chiropractic
Research
- Improved Strength in Athletes after CMT
- Medical & Chiropractic Care for US Service Members
- Chiropractic Improves Cervical Spine in Baseball Players
- Chiropractic Benefits for Low Back Pain Maintenance
- Benefits of Chiropractic in Asymptomatic Pts
- Chiropractic Helps Strength/Balance in Military Tactical Athletes
- Active Range of Motion in the Cervical Spine Increases After Spinal Manipulation (Toggle Recoil)
- Attenuation Effect of Spinal Manipulation on Neuropathic and Postoperative Pain Through Activating Endogenous Anti-Inflammatory Cytokine Interleukin 10 in Rat Spinal Cord
- Chiropractic Reduces Cytokines
- The Audible Pop Is Not Necessary for Successful Spinal High-Velocity Thrust Manipulation in Individuals With Low Back Pain
- The Causes of the Vertebral Subluxation Complex and Related Treatment Approaches
- Effects of Cervical High-Velocity Low-Amplitude Techniques on Range of Motion, Strength Performance, and Cardiovascular Outcomes: A Review
- Changes in Biochemical Markers of Pain Perception and Stress Response After Spinal Manipulation
- Changes in pain sensitivity following spinal manipulation: A systematic review and meta-analysis
- Elevation of Nociceptor Chemokines post CMT
- Chiropractic Effects on Athletic Ability
- Improved Vertical Jump in Female Athletes after CMT
- Improved Hip Extension in Runners after CMT
- JAMA Article – Positive LBP Outcome with Chiropractic
- Biomechanics of Cervical Spine during & post CMT
- Prefrontal Cortex Benefits from Chiropractic
- Effect of Chiropractic Adjustment for Imbalanced Leg Length
- Inflammatory Response Following a Short-Term Course of Chiropractic Treatment in Subjects with and without Chronic Low Back Pain
- Zygapophyseal Joint Adhesions After Induced Hypomobility
- Models of Vertebral Subluxation: A Review
- Effects of Spinal Manipulation on Inflammatory Markers
- Chiropractic Improves Interleukin-2 post CMT
- Quantitative Study of Muscle Spindles in Suboccipital Muscles of Human Foetuses.
- Reflex Effects of Subluxation: The Autonomic Nervous System
- Reflex Effects of Vertebral Subluxations: The Peripheral Nervous System. An Update
- The Role of Paraspinal Muscle Spindles in Lumbosacral Position Sense in Individuals With and Without Low Back Pain
- A Systematic Review of the Soft-Tissue Connections Between Neck Muscles and Dura Mater