Fibromyalgia tender point pain: A Double blind, placebo-controlled pilot study on music vibration Using the Music Vibration Table (TM)
Chesky, K S, Russell I J, Lopes Y, Kondraske G
Journal of Musculosceletal Pain. Vol 5(3) 1997 by Haworth Press Inc.
To determiniate the immediate effects of music and musically fluctuating vibration on tender point pain in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), because it was known that musically fluctuating vibration in the 60-300Hz frequency range stimulates Pacinian Corpuscles (PC). It was speculated that PC signalsmight suppress nociceptive transmission via adenosine acting on on P1-purinergic receptors at the spinal cord level.