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Open Access
Peer-reviewed
Research Article
The effects of 12 weeks of chiropractic spinal adjustments on physiological biomarkers in adults: A pragmatic randomized controlled trial
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Imran Amjad,
Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft
Affiliations Centre for Chiropractic Research, New Zealand College of Chiropractic, Auckland, New Zealand, Faculty of Rehabilitation and Allied Health Sciences, Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Imran Khan Niazi ,
Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: heidi.haavik@nzchiro.co.nz (HH); imran.niazi@nzchiro.co.nz (IKN)
Affiliations Centre for Chiropractic Research, New Zealand College of Chiropractic, Auckland, New Zealand, Faculty of Health & Environmental Sciences, Health & Rehabilitation Research Institute, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand, Centre for Sensory-Motor Interactions, Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
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Nitika Kumari,
Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Centre for Chiropractic Research, New Zealand College of Chiropractic, Auckland, New Zealand, Faculty of Health & Environmental Sciences, Health & Rehabilitation Research Institute, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
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Usman Ghani,
Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Centre for Chiropractic Research, New Zealand College of Chiropractic, Auckland, New Zealand, Faculty of Health & Environmental Sciences, Health & Rehabilitation Research Institute, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
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Usman Rashid,
Roles Formal analysis, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Centre for Chiropractic Research, New Zealand College of Chiropractic, Auckland, New Zealand
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Felipe Coutinho Kullmann Duarte,
Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, CQ University, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
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Federico Fortuna,
Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Instituto de Fisiopatología y Bioquímica Clínica (INFIBIOC), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Silvia Iglesias,
Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Instituto de Fisiopatología y Bioquímica Clínica (INFIBIOC), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Diego Gonzalez,
Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Instituto de Fisiopatología y Bioquímica Clínica (INFIBIOC), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Alex Sumich,
Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation NTU Psychology School of Social Sciences, City Campus, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Bibiana Fabre,
Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Instituto de Fisiopatología y Bioquímica Clínica (INFIBIOC), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Kelly Holt,
Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Centre for Chiropractic Research, New Zealand College of Chiropractic, Auckland, New Zealand
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Heidi Haavik
Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: heidi.haavik@nzchiro.co.nz (HH); imran.niazi@nzchiro.co.nz (IKN)
Affiliation Centre for Chiropractic Research, New Zealand College of Chiropractic, Auckland, New Zealand
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The effects of 12 weeks of chiropractic spinal adjustments on physiological biomarkers in adults: A pragmatic randomized controlled trial
- Imran Amjad,
- Imran Khan Niazi,
- Nitika Kumari,
- Usman Ghani,
- Usman Rashid,
- Felipe Coutinho Kullmann Duarte,
- Federico Fortuna,
- Silvia Iglesias,
- Diego Gonzalez,
- Alex Sumich
- Published: December 11, 2025
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0338730