Abstract
On the 11th of March 2020, the WHO declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. On the 15th of March 2020, South Africa was declared a state of disaster and a series of measures limiting the rights of South Africans were announced. Soon after, South Africa was placed in a countrywide lockdown, effective as of the 27th of March 2020. As a result of the South African State of Disaster, the Executive Committee of the Allied Health Professions Council of South Africa (AHPCSA) declared that, as of 25 March 2020 practitioners and therapists, including chiropractors, may practice telemedicine in order to assist in the promotion and protection of the health of the population, practitioners and therapists themselves. The use of telemedicine was not allowed before the announcement by the AHPCSA and created the need to investigate the knowledge, understanding and perceptions of telemedicine amongst chiropractors in South Africa and if telemedicine is a viable tool for chiropractic care, that could influence the future success in the implementation and use of telemedicine technology...
M.Tech. (Chiropractic)