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
| Name of researcher | Project ID | Title | Completion date | Budget |
| ECCRE CURRENT PROJECTS | ||||
| Mauritz 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 | Jul-21 | € 169,979 |
| Cecilie K. Øverås | 11-2016-DK/CKØ | Pain in the spine and elsewhere – patterns and consequences | Dec-20 | € 48,000 |
| Jan Hartvigsen | 06-2016-DK/JH | International Chiropractic Research Leadership and Capacity Building Program (CARL) | Jan-20 | € 24,000 |
| Irgens Myhrvold |
A.15-04 | Identifying the course of neck pain in chiropractic patients and possible subgroups related to selected predictive factors | May-19 | € 60,000 |
| Lise Vilstrup Holm | 21-2017-DK/LVH | The effect of chiropractic treatment on infantile colic: A randomised controlled single-blind study | Mar-19 | € 43,638 |
| Ellen Aartun | 19-2017-NO/EA | Development of an ICF-based assessment schedule for manual medicine | Aug-18 | € 55,479 |
| Anne-Marie De Zoete Sidney Rubinstein |
A.14-03 | Use of IPD meta-analysis to inform effective management of spinal manipulative therapy for patients with chronic low back pain | Apr-18 | €23,712 |
| Claire Huth | B.13-03 | Muscle-Related Side Effects (MRSE) of Statins: Functional impact, Mechanisms, and Potential Reversibility with Vitamin D Supplementation | Dec-17 | €5,078 |
| Andreas Eklund | 03-2016-SE/AE | Chiropractic Maintenance care – cost-utility, psychological factors and pain trajectories | Oct-17 | € 65,500 |
| Kim Humphreys Taco Houweling |
A.12-02 | Evaluation of costs and outcomes in low back patients undergoing chiropractic and general practitioner care in Switzerland | Aug-17 | €30,000 |
| Jean-Philippe Pialasse | B.13-04 | Evaluation of vestibular function in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis | Sep-16 | € 41,910 |
| Irene Jensen Andreas Eklund Iben Axen |
A.13-02 | Recurrent and persistent low back pain – course and prevention | Apr-16 | €74,080 |
| Alan Breen | A.12-01 | The normal biomechanics of the lumbar spine – a quantitative fluoroscopy and electromyography | Mar-16 | €52,725 |
| Luc Ailliet | A.09-1 | The relative impact of the bio psychosocial factors as predictors of outcome in patients treated by chiropractors for neck and low back pain | Sep-15 | €65,000 |
| Iben Axen Irene Jensen | A.08-4 | Descriptive study on maintenance chiropractic care on persistent and recurrent LBP patients – Outline PhD project link | Apr-15 | €63,700 |
| Alexandra Webb | A.10-5 | Magnetic resonance imaging of the synovial folds of the lateral atlantoaxial joints following whiplash injury | Apr-15 | €5,431 |
| Cecilia Bergström | A.13-04 | Self-rated Health, experiences and quality of life in regard to chronic pelvic girdle pain 10 years after delivery | Apr-15 | €3,136 |
| Alan Breen | A.10-1 | The effects of manipulation on cervical spine inter-vertebral motion patterns and patient-reported outcomes | Mar-14 | €90,428 |
| Lars Uhrenholt | A.08-3 | Morphology and age-related osteoarthritic changes in the cervical spine facets joints | Completed | €55,800 |