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The World Chiropractic Alliance (WCA) is a not-for-profit corporation founded in Arizona in 1989. The group serves as the voice of conservative "straight" chiropractors (those who rely exclusively on subluxation-correction), claims to be "the only major chiropractic organization which passionately defends the rights of subluxation-based doctors and will stand up against those who would corrupt chiropractic by denying its philosophical and vitalistic foundations,"〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=Purpose & Overview: Protecting and Promoting the Principles of Chiropractic )〕 and believes that spinal adjustment should begin at birth and continue for life, even in the absence of symptoms.〔 It tends to have an antagonistic relationship to the World Federation of Chiropractic because of philosophical differences. == Background == The WCA's support of "straight" chiropractic, with its emphasis on subluxation-correction, drug-free care, and non-medical approaches to wellness, has brought it into conflict with the majority "mixer" school of chiropractic that favors use of more mainstream medical techniques alongside the traditional chiropractic adjustments. The WCA denies that chiropractic adjustments pose any significant risk of stroke.〔Benedetti, MacPhail. (''Spin Doctors: The Chiropractic Industry Under Examination'' ), p. 125〕 The WCA is against vaccinations and believes that "chiropractic adjustments have a positive impact on the immune system," a claim which, "to date, the data reviewed do not validate this theory."〔Perle S, Ferrance R. (What's Good for the Goose Is ... Ethics and Vaccinations. ) ''Dynamic Chiropractic'' February 12, 2005, Vol. 23, Issue 04〕 The WCA advocates the use of chiropractic adjustments "for asymptomatic patients": : "It is the position of the World Chiropractic Alliance that chiropractic care to detect and correct vertebral subluxations offers benefits for all people, including those who do not demonstrate symptoms of a disease or health condition. Therefore, the presence of symptoms and/or a medical diagnosis should not be a factor in determining the need for or appropriateness of chiropractic adjustments, nor should the presence of symptoms be required by any chiropractic board, insurance company or court of law to justify the rendering of chiropractic care to any patient."〔(Position paper on chiropractic for asymptomatic patients. ) WCA〕 In 2002, the WCA was represented by Leona Marie Fischer, member of the WCA International Board of Governors, on the United States Department of Veterans Affairs "Chiropractic Advisory Committee."〔(VA Appoints Chiropractic Advisory Committee. ) United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Press Release. August 12, 2002〕〔(WCA board member picked for VA advisory committee. ) WCA〕〔Southerland, Randy. (Finding The Right Care For Veterans. ) ''Today's Chiropractic'', November/December, 2002〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「World Chiropractic Alliance」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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