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| Title |
An audiometric study of the effects of paraspinal stimulation on hearing acuity in human subjects understanding the Harvey Lillard phenomenon
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| Published in |
Chiropractic & Manual Therapies, November 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12998-014-0039-2 |
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| Authors |
Mark Demers, Zehra Gajic, Everett Gerretsen, Brian Budgell |
| Abstract |
The founder of chiropractic, Daniel David Palmer, constructed a model of causation of disease based on his seminal experience with a patient, Harvey Lillard, who lost his hearing at the instant of injuring his upper back, but had his hearing restored suddenly 17 years later after receiving spinal manipulation. Palmer's model of disease causation, that of displaced vertebrae impinging on spinal nerves and thereby disrupting the innervation of dependent organs, was in fact incongruent with what was known at the time about human neuroanatomy and neurophysiology. The current study proposes and tests an alternative hypothesis: that increased afferent input from paraspinal muscles attenuates the central transmission of auditory information. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 8 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 50% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 3 | 38% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 5 | 63% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 25% |
| Scientists | 1 | 13% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 22 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 21 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 6 | 27% |
| Lecturer | 2 | 9% |
| Researcher | 2 | 9% |
| Professor | 2 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 1 | 5% |
| Other | 4 | 18% |
| Unknown | 5 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 32% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 23% |
| Linguistics | 1 | 5% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 5% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 1 | 5% |
| Other | 4 | 18% |
| Unknown | 3 | 14% |