ADR PROTECT: Research Results

Thermographic Evaluation of the Immediate Effects of the ADR Protect Energy Stimulator on Blood Supply in the Hands of Persons with Generalized Peripheral Blood Supply Disorders

Results and Discussion

The detailed results of the immediate measurements are presented on the web page www.adr.com.pl; presented here are the synoptic tables 1-3 and their respective figures.

Presented in Table 1 are the mean temperature values for the various measurements and their differences. The measurements taken are subject to a four-way classification: 2 x 2 x 3 x 2, i.e. the sides of the body x the places of measurement (fingers - palm) x the terms of measurement (W - P1 - P2) x the kinds of temperature (min - max). P1 and P2 indicate the results of the respective measurements after 140 seconds of the application of the placebo or the ADR Protect. No substantial differences were noted between the means of the minimum and maximum temperatures for the left and right side of the body, nor any significant interaction between this factor and the others, namely the place and term of measurement and the kind of temperature (minimum and maximum).

Since the minimum temperatures for the whole hand occur at the fingers, the significance of the differences in temperature between the fingers and the palm occurs only for maximal temperatures, which are decidedly higher at the palm than in the fingers. The place of measurement has an effect on the differences between the terms of measurement and on the temperature span, i.e. on the difference between the maximum and minimum temperatures.

Highly significant differences in both maximum and minimum temperatures were noted between the terms of measurements W, P1 and P2 both in the fingers and in the palms on the left and right sides of the body (Table 2, Figure 1). The greatest increase in temperature occurred after the ADR Protect was applied. A highly significant rise in temperature was also noted between the placebo and the ADR Protect. The differences between placebo P1 and the rest state W were also significant, albeit to the least extent (Table 3).

That the differences between the maximum and minimum temperatures were significant results from physiology. However, the size of the max � min difference was strictly related to the place and term of measurement, and not to the side of the body on which these measurements were made. After the ADR Protect was applied, the max � min temperature span for the whole hand decreased substantially. This phenomenon was not noted for the fingers, where the differences were minor.

Conclusions

1. The initial temperatures of the subjects� left and right hands did not differ significantly, whereas the placebo and the ADR Protect had a uniform effect on both hands, even though the disc was always placed under the left palm. One can conclude that the effect of the ADR Protect and of the placebo were not local; one can surmise that they are of a systemic nature.

2. The significance of the differences in maximum temperatures between the fingers and the palms has been repeatedly confirmed by the observations of other researchers, as well as our own, that deficiencies in blood supply generally begin in the peripheral parts of limbs.

3. A positive (beneficial) effect was produced in the tests by the placebo, yet a significantly greater effect came with the application of the ADR Protect. Thus, the ADR Protect energy stimulator clearly improves the quality of blood supply in both hands, despite being applied under one palm only.

4. The application of the ADR Protect helps to level out the blood supply in the periphery of the hand, lessening the differences between the minimum and maximum temperatures.