Dr. Kent Stuber discusses his research interests, his role as editor of the Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association and how chiropractors can get involved in research. Kent Stuber has been in practice in Calgary, Alberta, Canada for nearly 14 years. He did his chiropractic training at CMCC. He completed a Master of Science degree in Health and Social Care Research from the University of Sheffield in 2008. He is currently a MPhil/PhD student at the University of South Wales, studying patient-centeredness in chiropractic.
Kent is an Adjunct Professor in CMCC’s Division of Graduate Education and Research. He has published over 30 articles in over a dozen different peer-reviewed scientific journals. His research interests include patient-centered care, sports injuries, spinal stenosis, the psychometric properties and use of orthopaedic testing, as well as the treatment of pregnancy-related musculoskeletal conditions.
Kent is a member of the International Task Force on Diagnosis and Management of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis as well as the Guideline Implementation Group (GIG) of the Canadian Chiropractic Association’s Clinical Practice Guideline Initiative. In July 2015, Kent became the fifth Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association, a peer-reviewed journal now in its 60th year of publication.
Dr. Stuber was born and raised in Calgary. He obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Cellular, Molecular & Microbial Biology from the University of Calgary before moving to Toronto where he graduated Magna Cum Laude with Clinic Honours from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (CMCC) in 2002. Dr. Stuber’s post graduate education courses have included Graston Technique®, Active Release Techniques®, Kinesiotaping, Low-Tech Lumbar Spinal Stabilization Training, Managing Neck Pain Conditions, Evaluation and Management of Neck and Arm Pain, courses from the Titleist Performance Institute, and Taping and Support Techniques for Sports Practitioners. You can visit Dr. Stuber’s practice at: http://www.momentumhealth.ca.
Visit the Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association. The Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association (JCCA) is the official, peer reviewed, quarterly research publication of the Canadian Chiropractic Association (CCA). Published since 1957 and searchable from 1986 on this site and from 1978 in PubMed, the JCCA publishes research papers, commentaries and editorials relevant to the practice of chiropractic.
View Dr. Stuber’s publications on researchgate.com.
Here are the articles we discuss during the interview:
| 1. | Assessing patient-centered care in patients with chronic health conditions attending chiropractic practice: protocol for a mixed-methods study. |
| Stuber KJ, Langweiler M, Mior S, McCarthy PW. | |
| Chiropr Man Therap. 2016 May 9;24:15. doi: 10.1186/s12998-016-0095-x. | |
| PMID: 27162609 [PubMed] Free PMC Article | |
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| 2. | ISSLS Prize Winner: Consensus on the Clinical Diagnosis of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: Results of an International Delphi Study. |
| Tomkins-Lane C, Melloh M, Lurie J, Smuck M, Battié MC, Freeman B, Samartzis D, Hu R, Barz T, Stuber K, Schneider M, Haig A, Schizas C, Cheung JP, Mannion AF, Staub L, Comer C, Macedo L, Ahn SH, Takahashi K, Sandella D. | |
| Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2016 Aug 1;41(15):1239-46. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000001476. | |
| PMID: 26839989 [PubMed – in process] | |
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| 3. | Chiropractic treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis: a review of the literature. |
| Stuber K, Sajko S, Kristmanson K. | |
| J Chiropr Med. 2009 Jun;8(2):77-85. doi: 10.1016/j.jcm.2009.02.001. | |
| PMID: 19646390 [PubMed] Free PMC Article | |
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| 4. | Core stability exercises for low back pain in athletes: a systematic review of the literature. |
| Stuber KJ, Bruno P, Sajko S, Hayden JA. | |
| Clin J Sport Med. 2014 Nov;24(6):448-56. doi: 10.1097/JSM.0000000000000081. Review. | |
| PMID: 24662572 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE] | |
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| 5. | Chiropractic treatment of pregnancy-related low back pain: a systematic review of the evidence. |
| Stuber KJ, Smith DL. | |
| J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2008 Jul-Aug;31(6):447-54. doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2008.06.009. Review. | |
| PMID: 18722200 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE] | |
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| 6. | The treatment experience of patients with low back pain during pregnancy and their chiropractors: a qualitative study. |
| Sadr S, Pourkiani-Allah-Abad N, Stuber KJ. | |
| Chiropr Man Therap. 2012 Oct 9;20(1):32. doi: 10.1186/2045-709X-20-32. | |
| PMID: 23046615 [PubMed] Free PMC Article | |
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