Rollin Yinglin Yu, Clarus Ka-Wing Leung and York N. Hsiang*
Archives of Clinical Experimental Surgery
Volume 10, No 1 (2021)
Archives of Clinical and Experimental Surgery is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published four times a year.
ISSN: 2146-8133
Ghoseiri K1, Allami M2, Soroush MR3, Rastkhadiv MY4.
PMID: 29502531 PMCID: PMC5778696
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PO Journal of Prosthetics & Orthotics: July 2017 – Volume 29 – Issue 3 – p 98–99
Official Journal of The American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists
JPO Journal of Prosthetics & Orthotics
October 2016 – Volume 28 – Issue 4 – p 154–164
doi: 10.1097/JPO.0000000000000108
Houston, Helen MS, OTR/L; Dickerson, Anne E. PhD, OTR/L, SCDCM, FAOTA; Wu, Qiang PhD
This study aimed to ascertain the effectiveness of using a combined treatment protocol of eliminating electromagnetic fields by use of the Farabloc technology and the exercise program of Mirror Therapy. The main hypothesis was that the combined treatment protocol would have a more significant effect than either treatment in isolation. Decreasing edema and the discomfort due to phantom limb pain would improve the functional activities and quality of life of vascular amputees with lower extremity amputations. This was found to be true.
Occupational Therapy Health Care, 2016
PMID: 26295593
Leskowitz E1.
Explore (NY). 2014 Nov-Dec;10(6):389-97. doi: 10.1016/j.explore.2014.08.003. Epub 2014 Aug 20.
PMID: 25264368
Phantom limb pain (PLP) is a painful sensation perceived in the missing limb after amputation. The underlying pathophysiology remains unclear. Until recently, only opioid analgesics have been proven to be effective in prospective studies. Anecdotally, patients with PLP employ self-help measures, sometimes including ‘wrapping up’ or rubbing their stump with aluminium foil for relief. Our hypothesis is that wrapping an amputation stump with aluminium foil perioperatively will prevent PLP in the postoperative period.
Anne Dickerson, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA & Helen Houston, MS, OTR/L
1) Improving Functional Outcomes for Vascular Amputees Through Innovative Technology
2) Innovative Technology to Improve Functional Outcomes for Vascular Amputees: Case Studies
3) The Absence of Electromagnetic Fields and Mirror Therapy to Reduce Vascular Amputee Phantom Limb PainVidant Hospital, Greenville, North Carolina, East Carolina University
Written by Jack Taunton, MSc, MD
Electro magnetic fields (EMF) are well identified and the subject of much discussion among such organizations as the World Health Organization (WHO), BC Hydro, California Hydro, Health Canada and the Tsawwassen power lines group, also in British Columbia. These organizations primarily discuss health problems caused by the presence of EMF, in association with cellphones, microwave ovens and power lines. A somewhat different perspective is to examine what happens in the absence of ambient EMF. Clinical research, including research involving fibromyalgia patients, has been published showing that the absence of EMF decreases chronic pain.
by Houston, Helen, M.S., EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY, 2012, 109 pages; 1510513
The objective of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of combining two interventions, Farabloc technology to eliminate electromagnetic fields and Mirror Therapy to assist in the sensory cortex reorganization, to decrease or eliminate phantom limb pain in vascular amputees.
Two systematic reviews found evidence to support Farabloc as an effective treatment for management of PLP (Halbert et al., 2002; Stanndard,Kalso,&Ballantyne,2010).
Ke Wu, Amirsaman Sajad, Syed A. A. Omar, and William MacKay; University of Toronto Journal of Undergraduate Life Sciences, Vol 3, No 1 (2009)
Otto Bock Germany – a medical product test of Farabloc knee wraps and back belts.
Prepared by:
Portland Veterans Affairs Healthcare System
Oregon Evidence-based Practice Center
Portland, OR
Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research & Development Service
Evidence‐based Synthesis Program
An article in the respected British peer reviewed journal Clinical Rheumatology, published in January, 2007, by Dr. G.L. Bach and Dr. D.B. Clement.
The goal of our study was to determine the efficacy of Farabloc, an electromagnetic shielding fabric compared to placebo fabric when worn as a nightgown, as an analgesic in patients hospitalized with fibromyalgia. In a rheumatologic and rehabilitation hospital, we performed a phase 1, single-blind study of patients using Farabloc (F) or placebo (P) gowns for 8 h per night during the 20-day hospitalization and a phase 2, single-blind crossover study of patients using both F and P gowns randomly and alternatively switching after 10 of 21 days hospitalization.
PMID: 17216399
