In 1980, at its annual meeting in Chicago, the American Medical Association recognized the medical value and legal status of chiropractic medicine, and in 1997 the World Health Organization formally recognized the World Federation of Chiropractic.
一九八○年，美國醫師學會在芝加哥年會上承認脊骨神經科的合法地位，一九九七年世界衛生組織正式通過世界脊骨神經醫學聯盟。