Current Research
The ECU invests around 25% of its income in evidenced-based research though its research arm, the European Centre for Chiropractic Research Excellence
| Ongoing research projects | ||||
| Name of researcher | Project ID | Title | Completion date | Budget |
| Maurits W. Van Tulder | 01-2016-NL/MvT | Back Complaints in Elders (BACE): A prospective, longitudinal analysis of older people with low-back pain in chiropractic care | May 2022 | EUR 169,979.00 |
| Jan Hartvigsen | 06-2016-DK/JH | International Chiropractic Research Leadership and Capacity Building Program (CARL) |
31 December 2020
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EUR 24,000.00 |
| Cecilie Krage Øverås | 11-2016-DK/CKØ | Pain in the spine and elsewhere – patterns and consequences |
26 December 2021
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EUR 48,000.00 |
| Richard Nicol | 19-2017-NO/EA | Development of an ICF-based assessment schedule for manual medicine | Summer 2020 | EUR 55,479.00 |
| Lise Vilstrup Holm |
21-2017-DK/LVH
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The effect of chiropractic treatment on infantile colic: A randomised controlled single-blind study | June 2020 | EUR 43,638.00 |
| Francesca Wuytack |
22-2018-IE/FW
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Development of a core outcome set for Pelvic Girdle Pain; A systematic review, qualitative interviews and Delphi consensus study | 31 August 2020 | EUR 65,303.00 |
| Andreas Eklund | 25-2018-SE/AE | Development of a clinical stratification instrument to improve cost-effectiveness of Chiropractic Maintenance Care | 1 April 2021 | EUR 172,516.00 |
| Sidney Rubinstein | 28-2019-NL/SR | Spinal manipulative therapy for acute low-back pain: systematic review and meta-analysis | September 2021 | EUR 20,155.00 |
| Sarah Thurøe Jensen | 29-2019-DK/STJ | Growing pains in Danish children: A quantitative and qualitative description | 31 January 2023 | EUR 107,950.00 |
| Petra Schweinhardt | 30-2019-CH/PS | Phenotyping low back pain – a prospective observational pilot study | 1 July 2021 | EUR 56,934.00 |
| Jan Hartvigsen | 33-2019-DK/JH | CARL the Second | 1 august 2023 | EUR 51,650.00 |
| Damian Bailey | 36-2019-GB/DB | Relationship between physical activity, low back pain and cognitive impairment. A cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis of data from the Danish Twins Registry | 31 March 2021 | EUR 18,805.00 |
| Completed research projects | ||||
| Name of researcher | Project ID | Title | Completion date | Budget |
| Andreas Eklund | 03-2016-SE/AE | Chiropractic Maintenance care – cost-utility, psychological factors and pain trajectories | 31 October 2018 | EUR 65,500.00 |