A study of 1,600 adults over 65 found those who received spinal adjustments had a 3.8% fall rate after 13 months, compared to 5.4% in those who didn't. The difference was statistically significant, though fracture rates were the same between groups.
Now, this study specifically looked at over 1600 patients in match cohorts. They controlled for factors like age, sex, comorbidities, and they got this from real world data. So they leveraged over 116 million patient records to really whittle down the sample size and get very, very accurate data. So patients aged 65 and older receiving spinal adjustments showed a 3.8% fall rate 13 months, compared to 5.4 in the non adjustment group. So that is nearly a halfing of the risk factor that is massively powerful. There is no difference in limb fracture rates between the groups, but the risk ratio showed a statistically significant reduction that is massively powerful.
