Open Access<p>The Danish Chiropractic Low Back Pain Cohort (ChiCo): Description and Summary of an Available Data Source for Research Collaborations</p>
Author(s) -
Alice Kongsted,
Orla Lund Nielsen,
Henrik Wulff Christensen,
Jan Hartvigsen,
Klaus Doktor,
Peter Kent,
Tue Secher Jensen
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.868
H-Index - 58
ISSN - 1179-1349
DOI - 10.2147/clep.s266220
Subject(s) - medicine , chiropractic , cohort , low back pain , family medicine , cohort study , back pain , observational study , population , danish , alternative medicine , physical therapy , health care , electronic data capture , pathology , linguistics , philosophy , environmental health , economics , economic growth
Back pain is among the most frequent reasons for care seeking globally. Observational clinical cohorts are useful for understanding why people seek care, the content of that care, and factors related to prognosis. This paper describes the Danish Chiropractic low back pain Cohort (ChiCo) and summarizes the primary characteristics of the population to inform the scientific community of the availability of these data as a resource for collaborative research projects.