%0 Journal Article
%T Improvements in Pain, Well
%A Alba Parras-Molt¨®
%A Juan Ribas-Serna
%J Dose
%@ 1559-3258
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1559325819840838
%X Our aim was to test the effects of Andullation therapy on pain threshold, pain perception, feeling of well-being, arterial pressure, and leg volume in healthy and unhealthy patients. We used a multidirectional vibration (frequency range: 5¨C40 Hz; peak-to-peak amplitude: 2¨C8 mm; acceleration: 0.4¨C2 m/s2) in an undulatory way through the surface of the body when the patient was in contact with a mattress (¡°andullation¡±). The vibes traveled from the heel to the head in a random fashion while the participants (N = 50) were lying on the mattress. We measured the pain threshold using an algometer; pain perception and well-being through a visual analog scale (VAS); arterial pressure with an electronic sphygmomanometer; and leg volume with Kuhnke¡¯s technique. Measurements were made just before the first andullation session and after the fifth andullation session. Every participant received andullation sessions of 30 min a day for 5 consecutive days. The patients¡¯ pain threshold significantly (P < .001) increased by 34.48% and 25.79% in the lumbar and trapezius zones, respectively, after 5 sessions of therapy. The subjective perception of pain decreased by 52.3% and the feeling of well-being increased by 45.1%. The systolic and diastolic pressures significantly (P < .001) decreased by 6.44 and 4.68 mm Hg on average, respectively. Leg volume significantly decreased (P < .01) by 64.39 mL after the fifth andullation session. Despite not including a control group in our study, the andullation intervention showed an improvement in pain, well-being, arterial pressure, and lower limb volume in the studied population
%K pain
%K systolic and diastolic arterial pressure
%K leg volume
%K random vibration therapy
%K whole body
%K resting condition
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1559325819840838