Study on the effectiveness of the Atlas adjustment

Report on the results of ATLANTOtec® Patient Survey

The ATLANTOtec® method is a special massage technique for the correction of a misaligned Atlas. In order to make a statistically sound record of changes in the range of complaints reported by patients following ATLANTOtec® treatment, two ATLANTOtec® offices, based in Switzerland and Sweden, carried out surveys of patients in 2008 and 2009.

The surveys were carried out using a standardized questionnaire which was presented to the patients immediately before and approximately one month after treatment at a patient review meeting. The questionnaire contained 18 pre-selected categories of complaints (e.g. neck, shoulder, back and knee complaints, as well as headaches, insomnia and migraines) and the patients were asked to rate their levels of discomfort before and after treatment, reporting both on the frequency and strength of the complaints on a 7-step scale (without a verbal definition of the steps).

The questionnaires were recorded and analyzed statistically by the scientific institution INKAM, the Institute for Customer Satisfaction Analyses and Marketing, run by Prof. Theis of Marburg. In total 504 people took part in the survey, 297 women and 207 men, aged between 16 and 84. The precision of the survey results is +/- 4.45% (confidence level 95.5%).

In summary the following findings were obtained by the study:

• Only a few patients came for treatment on the basis of just one or two specific complaints. Normally, ten or more painful areas were named.
• One month after treatment, 74% of treated patients were free of pain in at least one of the areas involved.
• With regard to complete alleviation of pain, the treatment achieved the greatest success in migraine patients: one month after Atlas adjustment 39% of all those surveyed were free of pain, while a further 43% reported a reduction in the frequency and/or strength of the pain.
• More than 85% of all those surveyed reported being pain-free about one month after the ATLANTOtec® treatment or had at least experienced a reduction in the frequency and/or intensity of pain in the following areas: neck pain, headaches and muscular pain.
• At least seven out of ten patients surveyed reported being pain-free after the ATLANTOtec® treatment or had at least experienced a reduction in the frequency and/or strength of pain in the following areas: shoulder pain, dizziness, migraine, lower back-ache, tiredness, hip pain, sleep problems, tinnitus, depression and gastrointestinal complaints.

The survey results are available both in the full version and as a summary:

Research report on Atlas-correction (130 pages – German) Download 2.7MB

Research report on Atlas correction research – summary (43 pages – German) Download 1.1MB

Graphic summary of the study on the ATLANTOtec^® method

PLEASE NOTE! These results are based EXCLUSIVELY on measuring the success of the Atlas adjustment method as offered by ATLANTOtec® and are not comparable with other Atlas methods or adjustments!