Position Statements

The goal of a position paper is to convince the audience that your opinion is valid and worth listening to. This is especially important for the sports chiropractic profession because so few people really know what sports chiropractors do and what they can do.  This is why sports chiropractors need to steadily build a base of information about different topics – to demonstrate their scope of interest and knowledge.  The following are links to ACBSP™ and other organization’s position papers:

• ACBSP™ Position Paper on Concussion
• Physical and Sporting Activity for those with Scoliosis
  Guideline Title: Appropriateness of Physical and Sporting Activity for those with Scoliosis
  Guideline Date: 5 June 2009
  Developer organization name: American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians™ (ACBSP™)
• Article published in the Journal of Chiropractic Medicine: Is physical activity contraindicated for individuals with scoliosis? A systematic literature review. Authored by Bart N. Green, Claire Johnson, William Moreau

• ACBSP™ Bloodborne Pathogen Position Statement (1999)
• ACBSP™ Position Stand on Pre-participation Examinations (2015)
  https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1556370715000796

• (C) McCrory Paul, Meeuwisse Willem, Dvorak Jiri, et al. Consensus statement on concussion in sport—the 5th international conference on concussion in sport held in Berlin, October 2016. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2017:1–10. American College of Sports Medicine Position Statements and Team Physician Consensus Statements
  Consensus-statement-on-concussion-in-sport.pdf
• (C) INTER-ASSOCIATION TASK FORCE FOR APPROPRIATE CARE OF THE SPINE CONSENSUS STATEMENT 1998
  INTER-ASSOCIATION-TASK-FORCE-FOR-APPROPRIATE-CARE-OF-THE-SPINE-CONSENSUS-STATEMENT.pdf