Recently read a study of persons with Polio. They were reporting symptoms of PPS (Post-Polio Syndrome) such as pain, fatigue, walking endurance for those who walked. It was a small group with 15 out of about 20 completing the full study. Each person was assisted in stepping on a vibration machine - each tried two different machines.
What caught my eye was that one conclusion was improvement in level of pain. HOWEVER, no significant pain reduction was evident after a follow-up two weeks after the study was completed.
Thus I'm wondering if this type of therapy would be useful also for SCI persons - that is, on an on-going basis. Polio does not damage sensation. I don't know if a person with SCI would experience any change in pain level after using vibration therapy.
If I'm reading the study correctly, those who used the more intense Power Plate vibration device, reported via the "Brief Pain Inventory" that "pain severity significantly improved". "No significant changes were found after the gentler Soloflex intervention".
Again, follow up two weeks later, severity of pain were temporary and 'not maintained'. I guess one would conclude that if vibration therapy works for pain with either SCI or Polio, that it would need to be ongoing therapy.
I'm hoping someone in CC knows if studies are being done with SCI participants and vibration therapy.
I'll add that I tried it once for about 2 minutes when in a three week physical therapy program for one shoulder. (I'm paralyzed from high chest down from Polio). My foot was placed on the plate and it felt weird.
What caught my eye was that one conclusion was improvement in level of pain. HOWEVER, no significant pain reduction was evident after a follow-up two weeks after the study was completed.
Thus I'm wondering if this type of therapy would be useful also for SCI persons - that is, on an on-going basis. Polio does not damage sensation. I don't know if a person with SCI would experience any change in pain level after using vibration therapy.
If I'm reading the study correctly, those who used the more intense Power Plate vibration device, reported via the "Brief Pain Inventory" that "pain severity significantly improved". "No significant changes were found after the gentler Soloflex intervention".
Again, follow up two weeks later, severity of pain were temporary and 'not maintained'. I guess one would conclude that if vibration therapy works for pain with either SCI or Polio, that it would need to be ongoing therapy.
I'm hoping someone in CC knows if studies are being done with SCI participants and vibration therapy.
I'll add that I tried it once for about 2 minutes when in a three week physical therapy program for one shoulder. (I'm paralyzed from high chest down from Polio). My foot was placed on the plate and it felt weird.
Vibration therapy for pain?
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