An epidemiological examination of the subluxation construct using Hill's criteria of causation

clinical paper · 2009

type:clinical paper

year:2009

citation:Mirtz TA, Morgan L, Wyatt LH, Greene L. An epidemiological examination of the subluxation construct using Hill's criteria of causation. Chiropractic & Osteopathy. 2009;17:13. doi:10.1186/1746-1340-17-13. PMID 19954544.

LINK

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3238291/

SUMMARY

Peer-reviewed epidemiological review testing the chiropractic vertebral subluxation construct against Sir Austin Bradford Hill's classic criteria of causation, fetched directly from PMC (PMCID PMC3238291) 31 August 2026 and confirmed via PubMed (PMID 19954544) and Crossref (DOI 10.1186/1746-1340-17-13): Chiropractic & Osteopathy, volume 17, article 13, 2009; authors Timothy A. Mirtz, Lon Morgan, Lawrence H. Wyatt, Leon Greene. Conclusion, taken from the fetched text: there is a significant lack of evidence to fulfill the basic criteria of causation, a lack of crucial supportive epidemiologic evidence that prohibits the accurate promulgation of the chiropractic subluxation. Used in this case as the principal evidentiary-failure source for the claim that vertebral subluxation causes disease.

NOTES

Mirtz, Morgan, Wyatt and Greene’s 2009 peer-reviewed review in Chiropractic & Osteopathy, used in this case as the modern evidentiary-failure verdict on the core claim that vertebral subluxation causes or contributes to disease.