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Research Department

Research Mission

The mission of the Research Department is to support and produce research and scholarly activities that contribute to the body of knowledge on chiropractic education, clinical knowledge, health care and the theoretical constructs of vertebral subluxation.

The department exists to conduct research, to support research by faculty, students and alumni, and to help prepare research findings for publication. Contact us with your questions.

Research Interests

Sherman College researchers have a particular interest the development of objective measures of assessing the vertebral subluxation, particularly in regard to its biomechanical and neurological components. Investigations into the effects of subluxation correction involve assessments of human physical and mental performance as well as physiological effects.

The department is also committed to the development of more specific and reliable methods of assessing chiropractic adjusting skills. State of the art technology to analyze data from 3-D images of actual adjustments will provide information helps instructors to more effectively critique student progress in acquiring expertise in administering chiropractic adjustments. Read more about specific chiropractic and other research interests.

News and Announcements

More News and Announcements - Recognition Through Research Newsletter

(04/20/2012) The following four submissions are accepted and presented at the 8th Annual South Carolina Upstate Research Symposium (http://www.uscupstate.edu/symposium/), held on Friday, April 20 at Milliken & Company in Spartanburg.

  • Dr. Lafayette Briggs, Comparison of Historical versus Recent Musculoskeletal Improvement Outcomes following Chiropractic Intervention: What the Future Holds?
  • Dr. John Hart and Dr. Seunggeun Hyun, Association between Cancer Mortality, Natural Background Radiation, and other Selected Predictors.
  • Dr. Lafayette Briggs, Geometry of Coplanar Stereoscopic Radiographic Pairs for Analysis of Lateral Cervical Radiographs: A Study using Mathematical Models
  • Dr. Pengju George Luo, Promotion of Cell Growth by Graphene Oxides