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Recent publications and documents, with clear dates and original-source links. Explore writing about SCIO, sport and animal wellbeing.
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Each summary explains what the researchers looked at and what they found. Follow the link if you would like to read the full paper. Dates show when the research was published.
Sources reviewed 1 November 2026 · A focused reading collection01 / Recent papers using SCIO
Researchers followed 28 people during a nine-day retreat focused on emotional wellbeing. They took SCIO readings at three points and reported changes in the software’s energy-related scores.
How to read it: SCIO recorded readings while people attended the retreat. Everyone took part in the same programme, so the study cannot tell us what caused the changes. One researcher developed the retreat programme.
Read the publisher’s paper (PDF)A second paper followed 54 people attending a wellbeing retreat. The researchers reported changes in SCIO software readings labelled as brain-wave activity.
How to read it: this paper looked at a retreat, using SCIO to record readings. It did not compare SCIO sessions with another treatment, and the readings were not checked against a separate brain-wave test.
Read the publisher’s paper (PDF)These are early reports involving SCIO readings. The links let you explore the full papers, including how the research was carried out.
02 / Current sport & biofeedback science
Researchers brought together nine studies of biofeedback during recovery from sports injuries. The methods tracked muscle activity, heart rhythm, brain activity or movement. The results were promising for pain and recovery, but further research is needed.
What was used: several forms of feedback during sports-injury recovery. These were different methods from SCIO.
Read the original publicationA study of 88 adults compared two types of slow-breathing training with a group that did neither. After four weeks, both breathing groups reported improvements in psychological symptoms. The study did not find a clear change in resting heart-rate variation.
What was used: breathing exercises with feedback on the time between heartbeats. This study involved adults from the general population and used a different method from SCIO.
Read the original publicationA review of 24 papers explored how different forms of biofeedback relate to muscle activity, attention and stress in sport. The authors recommend studies with more people and longer follow-up.
What was used: several types of biofeedback for people. The review covers the wider field, rather than SCIO specifically.
Read the original publicationResearchers combined findings from 41 studies and reported benefits for sporting performance, mental wellbeing and thinking skills. They recommend further carefully designed studies.
What was used: feedback on body signals and brain activity in athletes. The findings relate to the methods used in those studies.
Read the original publication03 / Current equine reading
This overview looks at tools that track a horse’s heart, breathing, muscles and other body functions. The authors explain why these readings should be considered alongside the horse’s behaviour and surroundings.
What it covers: ways to understand and monitor a horse’s wellbeing. It provides background on horse care rather than testing SCIO sessions.
Read the original publicationQuantum Wellness and Nutrition describes its SCIO animal practice and specialisation in horses.
Source type: practitioner service description and personal accounts, rather than a dated clinical study.
Visit the practice’s accountQ Biofeedback describes offering SCIO sessions for animals, including performance horses, dogs and cats.
Source type: practitioner service description, separate from research findings.
Read the practitioner’s description04 / Historical background · Optional reading
The items below provide background. They are dated so you can distinguish them from the recent research above.
Firmansah and Ray’s conference overview reports SCIO use with the Chinese Olympic team around Beijing. This is a historical report of use alongside discussion of broader research.
View the publication DOIA republished first-person interview describes QXCI availability to riders at the 2003 Tour de France. It is an account of historical practice.
Read the interviewClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01130454 describes a completed, industry-sponsored randomized study of a single SCIO session. Results are not posted on the registry record.
View the registry recordIn a profile by Matthijs Meeuwsen, the windsurfer’s sessions with a bioresonance practitioner in New Zealand are discussed. The profile does not identify the device brand.
Read the original Dutch profileA conversation is a gentle place to begin
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