Vibroacoustic therapy is a new sound technology that uses audible sound vibrations to reduce symptoms, invoke relaxation, and alleviate stress. This technology is developed based on the recognition that external vibration can influence body function. Research demonstrates the effectiveness of vibroacoustic therapy. Implications for nurses include investigating the possibilities of vibroacoustic...

Despite the evidence for early fetal experience exerting programming influences on later neurological development and health risk, very few prospective studies of human fetal behavior have been reported. In a prospective longitudinal study, fetal nervous system maturation was serially assessed by monitoring fetal heart rate (FHR) responses to vibroacoustic stimulation (VAS) in 191 maternal/feta...

Objectives. The study aimed to evaluate the response to physical and vibroacoustic therapy by studying the Simplifi ed Disease Activity Index (SDAI), together with the psychobehavioral manifestations in moderate and severe forms of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Material and method. 68 children with JIA were randomly divided into two groups. Group I (34 patients) received physical and vib...

BACKGROUND Chondromalacia, lateral patellar compression syndrome and osteoarthritis are common patellofemoral joint disorders leading to functional and/or structural disturbances in articular surfaces. The objective of the study was to evaluate their impact on joint motion quality via the vibroacoustic signal generated during joint movement analysis. METHODS Seventy-three patients (30 with ch...

BACKGROUND The present study aimed at examining whether methodological strategies from a previously implemented study design could be transferred to the evaluation of the psychological and physiological effects of a music therapy intervention working with vibroacoustic stimulation in palliative care. METHOD Nine participants suffering from advanced cancer took part in single-sessions of music...

Objectives: To evaluate the role of intrapartum vibroacoustic stimulation (VAST) and cardiotocography (CTG) for the prediction of neonatal outcome. Materials and methods: One hundred and twenty-five patients in labor with cephalic presentation were selected and subjected to CTG and VAST was done further to find out whether fetus is reactive or nonreactive and findings were correlated with the f...

BACKGROUND We believe that it is important that governments understand the reliability of the mortality data which they have at their disposable to guide policy debates. In many instances, verbal autopsy (VA) will be the only source of mortality data for populations, yet little is known about how the accuracy of VA diagnoses is affected by the reliability of the symptom responses. We previously...