Pederick FO, "For Debate: Cranial Adjusting -- An Overview",
Chiropractic
Journal of Australia, Sept 1993; 23(3):106-12.
Abstract: Cranial adjusting procedures have been a part of osteopathic and
chiropractic therapeutic repertoires for over 60 years. Although the
osteopathic literature is extensive, there is no known chiropractic peer
reviewed literature on this field. This paper seeks to change this situation
and begin the process of examining cranial concepts in the chiropractic peer
reviewed literature. Cranial adjusting appears to be soundly based in
anatomy, physiology and histological studies as well as clinical results. It
may be likened to spinal adjusting in that "scientific" definition and
demonstration of the subluxation may at present be beyond our technology. As
with spinal adjusting unless there is evidence which absolutely refutes the
current literature on cranial adjusting, it could be accepted as a part of
mainstream chiropractic, be included in the curriculum of chiropractic
schools and become part of the therapeutic repertoire of most chiropractors.