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Published Study Draws Attention
Chiropractic Care Benefits Adults
with ADHD
(January 14, Oaks).
Dr. Yannick Pauli – President of the Swiss Chiropractic Pediatric Association –
has authored a study that concludes that chiropractic care can benefit adults
with Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
The study
entitled — Improvement in Attention in
Patients Undergoing Network Spinal Analysis: a Case Series Using Objective
Measures of Attention —was
published in the Journal of Vertebral
Subluxation Research.
Pauli
monitored nine adults (four men and five women with an average age of 40 years)
who displayed various symptoms of ADHD.Each underwent care known as Network Spinal Analysis (NSA) twice a week
for two months. “NSA is a holistic approach to wellness and body awareness,”
explained Dr. Jeff Snyder, a Oaks, Pennsylvania-based chiropractor. “The study
group receivedgentle adjustments and
low-force touch to the spine that eliminated inner and outer tensions, thereby
promoting overall health. The patients were also educated about their bodies.
Simply by improving their diet, exercising and adopting a positive mental
approach to life, they learned that they themselves could enhance in their
overall health and well-being,” added Snyder.
The degree of
each patient’s ADHD disorder was established using the Test of Variable of
Attention (TOVA). This test was done once before the study began, one month
into chiropractic adjustments, and again after the two-month study. “TOVA is a
22-minute continuous, interactive computer test that measures the response
times of its participants to changing visuals on the screen,” said Doe. “This
test does not trigger a learning effect; therefore, re-testing does not alter
the test scores’ overall outcome, making TOVA a reliable means of repeatedly
measuring an individual’s extent of ADHD,” he clarified.
After two
months of chiropractic care, those in the study group experienced a significant
improvement in their TOVA scores as well as a normalizing of their ADHD
symptoms.
“The NSA
approach not only enabled these individuals suffering from ADHD to
take charge of
their own health, but it measurably improved the range and scope of their
attention span and reaction time as well as their motor control, memory and
alertness,” noted Snyder.
“Attention is
the cognitive process of selectively concentrating on one thing, while ignoring
other things,” writes Dr. Pauli. “Spinal adjustments can benefit individuals
with this disorder, because there is a neurological correlation between spinal
subluxation and an impaired functioning of parts of the brain, especially the
vermal region of the cerebellum, which regulates attention and other cognitive
responses,” continued Pauli.
“These
findings offer hope to all those — children and adults — suffering from ADHD, a
disease that can have devastating consequences on their lives, ranging from a
rise in accidents to poor performances in school and work. The results are
clinically significant and offer proof as to the positive impact that
chiropractic care has on the performance of the human body — including proper
brain function. Even the subtlest spinal adjustments carry tremendous physical,
psychological and neurological benefits,” summarized Snyder.
“And, paired with lifestyle changes, we
can all significantly improve our health,” he concluded.
