This article is part of the series Chiropractic Care for Children, edited by Dr Simon French, Primary Care Research Unit, University of Melbourne.

Editorial

Chiropractic care for children: too much, too little or not enough?

Simon D French^1,2 , Bruce F Walker³ and Stephen M Perle⁴

¹  Primary Care Research Unit, The University of Melbourne, Australia

²  Australasian Cochrane Centre, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Australia

³  School of Chiropractic and Sports Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Murdoch University, Australia

⁴  College of Chiropractic, University of Bridgeport, USA

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Chiropractic & Osteopathy 2010, 18:17doi:10.1186/1746-1340-18-17

Published:	2 June 2010

Abstract

This editorial provides an overview of this Thematic Series of the journal titled Chiropractic Care for Children. In commissioning this series of articles we aimed to bring the busy clinician up to date with the current best evidence in key aspects of evaluation and management of chiropractic care for children. Individual articles address a chiropractic approach to the management of children, chiropractic care of musculoskeletal conditions in children and adolescents, chiropractic care of non-musculoskeletal conditions in children and adolescents, chiropractic care for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and possible adverse effects from chiropractic management of children. The final article by Charlotte Leboeuf-Yde and Lise Hestbæk is an overview of the current state of the evidence and future research opportunities for chiropractic care for children. We conclude this editorial discussing the strengths and weaknesses of contemporary research relevant to chiropractic care of children and the implications for chiropractic practice.