CBP® Research Presented at the

 World Federation of Chiropractic

by Deed E. Harrison, DC

During the week of May 21-26, Drs. Deed Harrison and Shirlene Ching, attended the 7th bi-annual World Federation of Chiropractic (WFC) conference held in Paris, France. The WFC is an international Chiropractic organization dedicated to the advancement of Chiropractic science, philosophy and art. Every two years, a conference is held in a different country. The primary focus of this conference is the presenation, discussion, and dissemination of recent advances in Chiropractic research. Researchers, both independent and from various institutes, from around the World gather to present their most recent research findings.
CBP® Nonprofit Inc., submitted multiple papers to the WFC’s research committee and, after review, four of these papers were accepted for poster presentation (see Figure 1) and one was accepted for a platform presentation. The four poster presentations were:
1) Harrison DE, Cailliet R, Harrison DD, Janik TJ, Holland B. Determination of lumbar lordosis: Cobb method, centroidal method, Trall or Harrison Posterior Tangent? Spine 2001; 26:E235-E242
2) Harrison DE, Harrison DD, Janik TJ, Holland B, Siskin L. Slight head extension: Does it reverse the cervical curve. Eur Spine J 2001;10:149-153.
3) Harrison DE, Harrison DD, Janik TJ, Jones EW, Cailliet R, Normand M. Comparison of axial and flexural stresses in lordosis and three buckled modes in the cervical spine. Clin Biom 2001;16(4):276-284.
4) Harrison DE, Harrison DD, Cailliet R, Janik TJ, Holland B. Changes in sagittal lumbar configuration with a new method of extension traction and its clinical significance. In review. The platform presentation was:
5) Harrison DE, Cailliet R, Harrison DD, Janik TJ, Holland B. A new 3-point bending conservative method of restoring cervical lordosis: extension, distraction cervical traction combined with a transverse load at mid-neck. Archives PM & R 2001; In Press.
Dr. Deed Harrison was very excited to be able to represent and present CBP® research to this international group. The conference was attended by over 700 chiropractors, other health care providers, and vendors. Among the vendors at the WFC Paris conference was the Canandian based company BioTonix.
The BioTonix product is a digital camera, computer based postural analysis tool capable of measuring rotations and translations of the skull, thorax, and pelvis in both the sagittal and coronal planes. Figure 2 depicts the BioTonix booth and representatives (Dr. Denise Perron, Dr. Brian Wolfe, and Lucy Raymond). Figure 3 is a live discussion between Dr. Denise and Dr. Shirlene concerning the BioTonix system’s applicability to the Chiropractic profession.
In addition to research presentations and lectures, Dr. Deed and Dr. Shirlene took a sight seeing tour of Paris. One of the most important stops was visiting the “Institut Franco-Europeen De Chiropratique.”
This is the only Chiropractic College in France. Currently, the practice of Chiropractic is not legal in France, so it is not without great effort that this college can exist, prosper, and advance the state of Chiropractic practice there. Overall, Drs. Deed and Shirlene enjoyed the WFC conference and hope to continue to represent CBP® Nonprofit, Inc., research at future WFC conferences.