The mechanical vibration : therapeutic effects and applications / edited by Raoul Saggini. -- Sharjah : Bentham Science Publishers, 2017. – (63.43/M486)

Contents

FOREWORD

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ABOUT THE EDITOR

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS  vi

CHAPTER 1  THE STUDY OF VIBRATIONS: MATHEMATICAL MODELLING AND CLASSIFICATIONS

       ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS  24

       REFERENCES

CHAPTER 2  THE APPLIED MECHANICAL VIBRATION AS WHOLE-BODY AND FOCAL VIBRATION

       INTRODUCTION  25

       ANATOMICAL DISTRIBUTION OF MECHANORECEPTORS  28

       VIBRATIONS, RESONANCE AND TUNING RESPONSE: THE TENSEGRITY MODEL  40

       VIBRATION AND THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM: THE MECHANOSTAT THEORY      VIBRATION AND THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM: APPLICATIONS IN NEUROREHABILITATION  56

       FROM WHOLE-BODY TO FOCAL VIBRATION  60

       CONCLUDING REMARKS  68

       CONFLICT OF INTEREST  68

       ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS  68

       REFERENCES

CHAPTER 3  THE APPLIED MECHANICAL VIBRATION AS ULTRASOUND ENERGY  89

       INTRODUCTION

       PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF US    90

       GENERATION OF US  93

       CHARACTERISTICS OF THERAPEUTIC US  100

       BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF US  111

       DEVICES AND TECHNIQUES OF APPLICATION  123

       THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS OF US  125

       CONFLICT OF INTEREST    158

       ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS  158

       REFERENCES      158

CHAPTER 4  THE APPLIED MECHANICAL VIBRATION AS EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCK WAVE

       INTRODUCTION    181

       GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SHOCK WAVES  182

       MECHANISMS OF ACTION OF SHOCK WAVES  188

       CLINICAL GUIDELINES    196

       CLINICAL APPLICATIONS    204

       CONFLICT OF INTEREST  208

       ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS  208

       REFERENCES    208

CHAPTER 5  THE ELECTROMAGNETIC VIBRATION: PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES AND BIOMOLECULAR EFFECTS    220

       INTRODUCTION    220

       THERMAL AND NON-THERMAL EFFECTS, OF ELECTROMAGNECTIC VIBRATIONS 222

       THE BLACKMAN-LIBOFF-ZHADIN EFFECT AND BIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS  227

       NEW THERAPEUTIC INSIGHTS

       CONCLUDING REMARKS

       CONFLICT OF INTEREST

       ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS    234

       REFERENCES    234

APPENDIX: UPDATE ON THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS OF VIBRATIONS  243

       TREATMENT PROTOCOLS WITH FOCUSED MECHANO-ACOUSTIC SQUARE WAVEFORM VIBRATION  244

       TREATMENT PROTOCOLS WITH WHOLE-BODY VIBRATION  248

       TREATMENT PROTOCOLS WITH ULTRASOUNDS  251

       TREATMENT PROTOCOLS WITH EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCK WAVES  253

       CONFLICT OF INTEREST

       ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

       REFERENCES

SUBJECT INDEX