Abstract
Introduction: Universal understanding of medical terminology is essential for proper communication between medical professionals. The importance of using common language when communicating with other health care professionals has been acknowledged in literature and is important to interdisciplinary understanding of back pain. Chiropractors commonly use words that have developed within their profession to convey specific concepts and beliefs. The primary aim of this study was to calculate the prevalence of nine chiropractic-specific words (subluxation, manipulate (-ion), adjust (-ing/-ment), holism (-tic), alignment, practice-member, vital (-ism/-istic), wellness, and innate intelligence) on the websites of South African chiropractors...
M.Tech. (Chiropractic)