Learning Disabilities

A study was done of 24 students who had been diagnosed as having learning and behavioral impairments. The group was split in two; twelve students were given regular chiropractic adjustments, and the other twelve were on either medication, central nervous system stimulants or tranquilizer type drugs, or both, or had been on medication. The study evaluated changes in the following thirteen symptoms:

The study concluded that chiropractic treatment was more effective for the wide range symptoms common in the neurological dysfunction syndrome in which the thirteen symptom areas were considered.

Reduction of hyperactivity and improvement in attention span in the two groups was approximately equal initially; however the effectiveness of medication alone was not as sustained as the effects of chiropractic treatment. Chiropractic was twenty to forty percent more effective than the commonly used medications.