OBJECTIVE To quantify the effects of surgery on the thermal deficits of syringomyelia and assess the predictors for such effects. METHODS The subjects were 16 consecutive patients (12 men, 4 women; mean (SD) duration of sensory symptoms, 5.1 (4.5) years) presenting with the typical symptoms of syringomyelia related to Chiari I malformation or trauma, and requiring surgical treatment. They wer...

BACKGROUND effectiveness of the sonorous tongue vibration technique (STVT). AIM to investigate the sensations and the vocal and laryngeal impact produced by the sonorous tongue vibration technique. METHOD The STVT was performed in three sets of fifteen repetitions, in maximum phonatory duration using a normal tone and intensity - with 30 seconds intervals of passive rest between each set. T...

BACKGROUND The severity of myelomeningocele (MMC) stems both from a loss of neurons due to neural tube defect and a loss of function in viable neurons due to reduced movement experience during the first year after birth. In young infants with MMC, the challenge is to reinforce excitability and voluntary control of all available neurons. Muscle vibration paired with voluntary movement may increa...

To mimic in vivo vibration of vocal fold cells, we studied the controllability and range of frequency, acceleration, duration, and shear stress in a new bioreactor attachment. The custom multiwell disc appliance fits into a commercially built rheometer, together termed a torsional rheometer bioreactor (TRB). Previous attachments to the TRB were capable of 50–100 Hz vibrations at relatively high...

The objective of the study was evaluation of an annual exposure of private farmers to whole body mechanical vibration on selected family farms of plant production profile. The study covered 15 family farms, using arable land of the size of 10-50 ha (22.3 ha on average), engaged mainly in plant production, and equipped with tractors, tractor-mounted agricultural machinery, with a partial contrib...

Background: effectiveness of the sonorous tongue vibration technique (STVT). Aim: to investigate the sensations and the vocal and laryngeal impact produced by the sonorous tongue vibration technique. Method: The STVT was performed in three sets of fifteen repetitions, in maximum phonatory duration using a normal tone and intensity with 30 seconds intervals of passive rest between each set. Twen...

We aimed to study whether short-duration vibration exercise or football sessions of two different durations acutely changed plasma markers of bone turnover and muscle strain. Inactive premenopausal women (n = 56) were randomized to complete a single bout of short (FG15) or long duration (FG60) small sided football or low magnitude whole body vibration training (VIB). Procollagen type 1 amino-te...

We simultaneously compared the sensitivity of single primary afferent neurons supplying the glabrous skin of the hand and the psychophysical amplitude discrimination thresholds in human subjects for a set of vibrotactile stimuli delivered to the receptive field. All recorded afferents had a dynamic range narrower than the range of amplitudes across which the subjects could discriminate. However...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical characteristics of HAVS in a tropical environment in comparison with a temperate environment. METHODS We conducted a series medical examinations among the forestry, construction and automobile industry workers in Malaysia adopting the compulsory medical examination procedure used by Wakayama Medical University for Japanese vibra...

BACKGROUND We have previously established the recommended phase II dose (RPTD) of ixabepilone as 40 mg/m(2) administered over 1 h repeated every 3 weeks with neuropathy as a cumulative dose-limiting toxicity. We expanded the cohort at the RPTD to include detailed assessment of nerve damage in these patients. We report our findings on vibration perception threshold (VPT) and neuropathy. PATIEN...