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The metal bracelet that an Elk Grove Village company has sold by the hundreds of thousands as a pain relief device has only a placebo effect, according to a Mayo Clinic study to be made public Tuesday.
QT Inc. has sold its Q-Ray bracelet through TV infomercials and the Internet for $50 to $180, claiming the bracelet is electrically charged, or “ionized,” in a way that can increase strength and soothe pain.
But the study involving 610 people, conducted by a researcher at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., found no such benefit.
“This was dead negative,” Peter O’Brien, a Mayo Clinic statistician who worked on the study, said Monday.
Que Te “Andrew” Park, president of QT Inc., could not be reached Monday for comment.
