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Can anyone with a medical background chime in with some simple theory about why pulsed vibrations are so effective? This is incredibly exciting work.
by FlyingLawnmower 9y ago
Can anyone with a medical background chime in with some simple theory about why pulsed vibrations are so effective?
This is incredibly exciting work.
- cperciva 9y agowhy pulsed vibrations are so effective Vibrating shoes have been shown to be useful for helping elderly populations avoid falls; their diminished sensory acuity makes it hard for them to feel the differential pressure which indicates that they are starting to fall, but adding noise results in the sensory threshold being crossed. I'd presume that the muscle overstimulation which causes characteristic twitching/jerking is being suppressed by improved sensation of pressure.
- noir_lord 9y agoInteresting, I have syringomyelia (cavity in the spine that presses on the spinal cord), I'm lucky in that on the scale of "I'm fucked" to "I'm asymptomatic" I'm far closer to the latter but one of the side effects is decreased nerve acuity, worse some days than others.
- cpncrunch 9y agoWell, we don't actually know if the device itself is even effective. The placebo effect has a very large effect in Parkinson's treatments due to it being caused by low dopamine (and dopamine is released when you are excited about something).