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Please note that inclusion of the above short musiclips is for demonstration purposes only. Credit is hereby gratefully acknowledged to all related composers and artists.

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Many of us may remember the experiment with 2 tuning forks when they attended school laboratories. When one was struck, it set the other on in sympathetic vibration. Sound, a physical thing, is produed by vibrations. As far back as knowledge etends low frequency sound has been used in various forms to cause physiologic and psychologic effects. This article describes the basics of VibroAcoustic therapy, the low frequency sound massage.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/7691317/

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The Effects of VibroAcoustic Therapy on Clinical and Non-Clinical Populations - the PhD Thesis of Professor Tony Wigram. Incidentally, Professor Wigram earned the first-ever PhD in music therapy in the world for this work.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/7684238/

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Music is a significant complimentary tool in prevention, therapy and rehabilitation providing medical and socioeconomic benefits. Dr. Ralph Spintge, Executive Director of International Society for Music in Medicine and Chairman, Department of Algesiology/Interdisciplinary Pain Medicine, DGS Pain Centre, Hellersen Hospital for Sport Injuries, Germany examines the role of music as a therapeutic intervention in this article.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/7684513/

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Chris Boyd-Brewer MA, FAMI explains in this article the effective use of VibroAcoustic Therapy in medicine.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/7691376/

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Dr. Gerorge patrick of National Institute of Health, Government of USA studied the effects of VibroAcoustic Therapy on symptom reduction inducing relaxation response. This is the report of his findings.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/7684405/

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In 2001, NASA-funded scientists suggested after research  that astronauts might prevent bone loss by standing on a lightly vibrating plate for 10 to 20 minutes each day. Held down with the aid of elastic straps, the astronauts could keep working on other tasks while they vibrate. The same therapy, they said, might eventually be used to treat some of the millions of people who suffer from bone loss, called osteoporosis, here on Earth. Please follow the link to read the whole story.

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast02nov_1.htm

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This paper gives description of several research studies conducted on VibroAcoustic Therapy between the years 1980-89.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/7706457

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VibroAcoustic Therapy, the low frequency sound massage helps patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Olav Skille demonstrates.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/7706185/

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Dr. Riina Raudsik of Juri Health Center, Estonia describes in this presentation, the positive effects of VibroAcoustic Therapy in the treatment of psychosomatic disorders like stress and depression.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/7740083/

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