Can Chiropractic help increase or decrease reproduction?

ASSIGNMENT: RESEARCH QUESTION AND LITERATURE SEARCH

The goal of the assignment is to develop a research question and produce a brief bibliography on

that topic using a literature-searching tool.

Important lessons are:

1) focusing your search to specific topic so that you don't get too many references

2) formatting your citations properly.

Specific Requirements

1. Include a paragraph describing the topic or question you are seeking information about. The topic should be related to chiropractic care, either outcomes or methods of care. State your question in

the form of a hypothesis that you will try to find support for. For example: "Chiropractic care can

provide pain relief to patients with migraine headache" or "Functional Leg Length Asymmetry is

a reliable predictor of low back pain." Use this to propose a PICO question, which you will use to

search the literature.

2. List the search engine(s) used (e.g. Pubmed, MANTIS, CINAHL, ICL). This should be a tool capable of searching peer-reviewed chiropractic or health journals. Don’t google the World Wide

Web; use a specific literature-searching tool. Access the search tools on the Parker University

Library website site. You must use at least 2 different search engines.

3. List the keywords searched in the indices, show how they were combined to focus your topic. 4. State the number of citations you found using that search strategy. 5. List at least 8 references in peer reviewed journals that pertain to your initial question. Use the

Vancouver referencing format: Author1 FM, Author2 FM. Title of article. Journal Name, Year of

publication; Vol#(Issue#):pgs-pgs.

6. In a paragraph, list reasons why you might have excluded an article from your list of citations retrieved.

7. Evaluate the success of your search. Did you find what looks to be useful information? Provide a paragraph that describes the basic findings of your search and how they help you answer the

question you asked at the beginning of the search.

The homework assignment is worth 100 points (30%) of your final grade in the course. This

must be your own independent work.

Rough Draft Submission: Between now and 1 week BEFORE the deadline. Do not wait until

the last minute so that Dr. Lawrence is not bombarded with 200 papers and you can get feedback

in a timely manner.

Submission: Please submit to me via email no later than December 2, 2020. Email your

assignment to Dr. Lawrence at [email protected]. Save your file using this file name:

YourlastnameYourfirstname, i.e, LawrenceDana.

Grading: The assignments will be graded for accuracy and completeness, according to the rubric

below.

Scoring Rubric

Criterion Points

Submitted on time 5

Described topic or hypothesis

1-Sentence or brief description

2-Complete or elaborate description

10

Used proper search engine

1-Write PICO question

2-Use 1 search engine and returned few citations

3-Use multiple search engines or returned many citations

10

Keywords used in combination

1-Used relevant keywords

1-Used multiple combinations of keywords

1-Indicated how many citations were returned

15

Citations complete and formatted properly

4- If complete and correct format

2- If all info is there but not correct format

1- Citations are relevant to topic choice

1- If all citations are from peer-reviewed journals

30

Exclusions based on reasonable criteria

1- Sentence or brief reason

2- Complete or elaborate reasoning

10

Conclusions well stated

1- Indicates whether search was successful

2- Provides reasons for success/no success

20

Total points 100