Efficacy of Sustained Acoustic Medicine as an Add-on to Traditional Therapy in Treating Sport-related Injuries : Case Reports

D. Draper, A. Wells, K. Wilk
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Context Musculoskeletal injuries are prevalent in sports, and the application of Sustain Acoustic Medicine (SAM) as a home-use add-on therapy to reduce pain and to increase the probability of athletes returning to sports was evaluated in a case series. Objectives To examine the improvements in pain and return to function of athletes using SAM in conjunction with traditional therapies after sustaining sports-related musculoskeletal injuries. Introduction Traditional treatments such as rest, physical therapy, manual therapy, a combination of rest, ice compression, and elevation (RICE) are standard of care for musculoskeletal injuries and do not provide adequate accelerated healing to return athletes to activity. SAM is an FDA-approved bio-regenerative technology, which can provide mechanotransductive and thermal stimuli to accelerate tissue healing and reduction in pain daily. Interventions: A case series of 18 athletes who showed little or no improvement with traditional therapies where prescribed SAM treatment as an add-on daily home-use intervention. The study included athletes with sports musculoskeletal injuries, including the arm/shoulder, upper leg/glutes/hips, knees, back, and foot/ankle. Clinical outcomes were recorded along with the ability of athletes’ ability to go back to sports, and satisfaction and usability measures of the home treatment. Results: All athletes were satisfied with the usability and comfort of the therapy and 93%reported the therapy was sufficiently discrete. Clinical outcomes indicate all athletes showed an average pain decrease of 3.33±0.82 (p≤0.05) numerical rating scales (NRS), improvement in function, and quality of life. 87% of the athletes documented an improvement in function, and 55% were able to return to sports after conservative intervention failed. Conclusion: The results of this study indicate that SAM improves athletes’ clinical outcomes. Over 50% of athletes were able to return to sports and resume normal daily function after conservative intervention had failed with addition of daily SAM treatment.
持续声学医学作为传统疗法补充治疗运动相关损伤的疗效:病例报告
背景肌肉骨骼损伤在运动中普遍存在,在一系列病例中评估了持续声学医学(SAM)作为一种家庭使用的附加疗法的应用,以减轻疼痛并增加运动员重返运动的可能性。目的研究运动员在运动相关肌肉骨骼损伤后,将SAM与传统疗法相结合,以改善疼痛并恢复功能。引言传统治疗方法,如休息、物理治疗、手法治疗、休息、冰敷和抬高相结合(RICE)是肌肉骨骼损伤的标准治疗方法,不能提供足够的加速愈合,使运动员恢复活动。SAM是美国食品药品监督管理局批准的生物再生技术,可以提供机械传导和热刺激,以加速组织愈合并减少日常疼痛。干预措施:一个由18名运动员组成的病例系列,他们在传统疗法中表现出很少或没有改善,传统疗法将SAM治疗作为附加的日常家庭使用干预措施。这项研究包括运动性肌肉骨骼损伤的运动员,包括手臂/肩膀、大腿/臀大肌/臀部、膝盖、背部和脚/脚踝。记录了临床结果以及运动员重返体育运动的能力,以及家庭治疗的满意度和可用性指标。结果:所有运动员都对该疗法的可用性和舒适性感到满意,93%的运动员表示该疗法足够离散。临床结果表明,所有运动员的平均疼痛减轻了3.33±0.82(p≤0.05),功能和生活质量都有所改善。87%的运动员记录了功能的改善,55%的运动员在保守干预失败后能够重返运动。结论:本研究结果表明SAM可改善运动员的临床疗效。在添加每日SAM治疗的保守干预失败后,超过50%的运动员能够恢复运动并恢复正常的日常功能。
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