Does Early Joint Trauma Lead to Osteoarthritis?
          Annals of Internal Medicine 2000 (Sep 5);   133 (5):   321–328
          This page describes the increased risk of oateoarthritis following trauma, then reveals that surgery also increases that risk, and goes on to suggest that those risks can be reduced with conservative chiropractic care.


  Spinal Manipulation May Help Reduce Spinal Degenerative Joint Disease and Disability:   Part I
Dynamic Chiropractic 1994;   March 25
Part I describes the relationship between "joint fixation" and loss of normal range of motion (ROM), and ties this to the development of arthritic changes, as reported in the scientific literature.


   Spinal Manipulation May Help Reduce Spinal Degenerative Joint Disease and Disability:   Part II
Dynamic Chiropractic 1994;   April 22
Part II reports the improvements in ROM and function following spinal manipulation, and suggests that additional research is needed to determine exactly what degree of hypomobility must develop to initiate the onset of degenerative joint disease. There are 86 citations (with some overlap) which support their contention that osteoarthritis can be halted and even reversed with spinal adjusting.

  Reversal of Osteoarthritis by Nutritional Intervention
           ACA Journal of Chiropractic 1990;   November ~ FULL TEXT
          Research from rheumatology and orthopedic clinics from Europe on the ability to reverse osteoarthritis has been accumulating for the last 25 years. Based on these results, this article will describe a nutritional program, that in conjunction with standard therapies used for osteoarthritis, can actually reverse the course of osteoarthritis.