May 2007

RCS research shows 20% overall improvement

A private research company, RCS (Research & Clinical Science), has released information on data compiled on more than 500 volunteer subjects by RCS-authorized clinical investigators around the world.

According to RCS President Robert Blanks, PhD, a professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at Florida Atlantic University and professor emeritus of Anatomy and Neurobiology at the University of California, Irvine, College of Medicine, the report provides a “snapshot” of data that “helps illustrate the advantage of the research approaches taken.”

To obtain data on several critical health and wellness areas, RCS employs a customized version of a quality of life questionnaire and translates the scores obtained into a composite score termed the “Vitality Wellness Index (VWI).”

For the preliminary report, scores from two research groups were used; chiropractic patients who have been under chiropractic care were compared to those of research volunteers who had never received chiropractic adjustments.

Over a three-month period (May 21, 2006 to Aug. 30, 2006) a total of 787 research subjects took the on-line quality of life survey and completed other sociodemographic assessments.

Of these, 523 were patients undergoing care in 63 participating offices and 264 were research volunteers who had never had chiropractic care. The age, sex, marital status and other sociodemographics on the two populations were comparable.

Analysis of the data revealed that VWI scores were significantly higher for patients than non-patients, by an average of 20 Percent.

Source: RCS, www.rcsprogram.com.

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