Draper David O, Wells Aaron, Wilk Kevin
Brigham Young University, USA.
Champion Sports Medicine, USA.
Glob J Orthop Res. 2020;2(4). Epub 2020 Sep 21.
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.
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.
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.
肌肉骨骼损伤在体育运动中很常见，在一个病例系列中评估了持续声学医学（SAM）作为一种家庭使用的附加疗法在减轻疼痛和提高运动员重返运动的可能性方面的应用。
研究在发生与运动相关的肌肉骨骼损伤后，使用SAM结合传统疗法的运动员在疼痛和功能恢复方面的改善情况。
传统治疗方法，如休息、物理治疗、手法治疗、休息、冰敷、加压和抬高（RICE）联合使用，是肌肉骨骼损伤的标准治疗方法，但不能提供足够的加速愈合以使运动员恢复活动。SAM是一种经美国食品药品监督管理局（FDA）批准的生物再生技术，它可以提供机械转导和热刺激，以加速组织愈合并每日减轻疼痛。干预措施：一个病例系列，包括18名使用传统疗法几乎没有改善或无改善的运动员，将SAM治疗规定为每日家庭使用的附加干预措施。该研究包括患有运动性肌肉骨骼损伤的运动员，损伤部位包括手臂/肩部、大腿上部/臀部/髋部、膝盖、背部和足部/脚踝。记录临床结果以及运动员重返运动的能力，以及家庭治疗的满意度和可用性指标。结果：所有运动员对该疗法的可用性和舒适度感到满意，93%的运动员报告该疗法足够隐蔽。临床结果表明，所有运动员的数字评分量表（NRS）平均疼痛减轻3.33±0.82（p≤0.05），功能和生活质量得到改善。87%的运动员记录了功能改善，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改善了运动员的临床结果。超过50%的运动员在保守干预失败后，通过每日添加SAM治疗能够重返运动并恢复正常日常功能。
