Has anyone used the Marodyne device to stimulate bone growth?

Posted by maryeve @maryeve, Aug 21, 2023

You stand on it twice a day for 10 minutes. It gently vibrates and also helps with improving balance. The Marodyne is made in Germany and costs about $3,000. It has not been FDA approved but there are studies in progress.

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@vgkime

Well in reading comments it looks like the Marodyne did not improve BMD in the Vibmor trials.
Too bad.

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@vgkime - you are right - Belinda Beck -LIFTMORE , and Clint Rubin -Marodyne did not see what they hoped to see , but Beck did mention a caveat that occurred that could have played into that . I got the impression that they may continue to look into this because it seems both Beck and Rubin feel like there should have been a positive result or an additive effect when using the Marodyne with the Onero program. Stay tuned hopefully more study will occur.

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@vgkime

No although NASA helped fund the development of the Marodyne LIV NASA never used it for its astronauts. Instead, NASA uses a machine that involves lifting heavy for its astronauts.

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Would you please provide the article on this. I would like to read it. Thx

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this is from another poster:
Dr Clinton Rubin holds the patent on the Marodyne device and is still promoting it, as a medical professional, on YouTube as of October 2022. He conducted the original study for NASA in 2001 which has since been archived by NASA. And now it is advertised on the Marodyne website as originally developed for astronauts. It was a research tool in one study that Dr Rubin did for NASA but has never been approved by NASA in any way. It's a lot of smoking mirrors for the most part.
I know nothing about Dr Rubin personally and had never heard of him until 2013 until my first appointment with my endocrinologist and she gave me a paper they had written, along with his wife, about low intensity vibration and the Marodyne machine specifically. And it could only be the Marodyne. In fact my doctor gave me their business card with the number to call. My problem today is that it is still be promoted by Dr Rubin and Marodyne in vague medical jargon that makes it difficult for the average consumer to decipher exactly what it does do for bone heath.
https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2001/ast02nov_1
https://patents.justia.com/assignee/marodyne-medical-llc

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It is the before and after of my weekly appt. on a biodensity machine. Power Plate brand - not the little home version, though.

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I believe Dr Beck, who was disappointed and a bit surprised with the outcome, mentioned "possibly" b/c they were not able to acquire as many Marodyne LIV's as they originally wanted for the study... Although she did say they had acquired 200 plus. Also, possibly, it could be doing something on the cellular level but not sure?

Just my opinion, it seems that's quite a high price for something that has no concrete evidence to prove it does what it says at this point in time. It does gets a lot of air time though.

I believe they are selling the package with all the speakers if you missed it and are interested.

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@vgkime

shoot I missed it! Could you please tell us what the results were for the Vibmor trial? Thanks!

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Hi @vgkime, Just learned that all of last week's presentations from Margie Bissinger's osteoporosis & bone health summit will be available for free this coming Sat and Sun (1/27 and 1/28). You can register at https://morebonehealth.byhealthmeans.com/?idev_id=22547. Thus, you have another opportunity to view Belinda Beck's interview. 🙂 As @rola mentioned previously, Dr. Beck discusses the VIBMOR trial results starting at 27:26 (~3 minutes total). Note: she does not say "VIBMOR" but it sure sounds like it!

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@tetris

Hi @vgkime, Just learned that all of last week's presentations from Margie Bissinger's osteoporosis & bone health summit will be available for free this coming Sat and Sun (1/27 and 1/28). You can register at https://morebonehealth.byhealthmeans.com/?idev_id=22547. Thus, you have another opportunity to view Belinda Beck's interview. 🙂 As @rola mentioned previously, Dr. Beck discusses the VIBMOR trial results starting at 27:26 (~3 minutes total). Note: she does not say "VIBMOR" but it sure sounds like it!

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Too bad I missed this, looked like a good webinar

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@vgkime

this is from another poster:
Dr Clinton Rubin holds the patent on the Marodyne device and is still promoting it, as a medical professional, on YouTube as of October 2022. He conducted the original study for NASA in 2001 which has since been archived by NASA. And now it is advertised on the Marodyne website as originally developed for astronauts. It was a research tool in one study that Dr Rubin did for NASA but has never been approved by NASA in any way. It's a lot of smoking mirrors for the most part.
I know nothing about Dr Rubin personally and had never heard of him until 2013 until my first appointment with my endocrinologist and she gave me a paper they had written, along with his wife, about low intensity vibration and the Marodyne machine specifically. And it could only be the Marodyne. In fact my doctor gave me their business card with the number to call. My problem today is that it is still be promoted by Dr Rubin and Marodyne in vague medical jargon that makes it difficult for the average consumer to decipher exactly what it does do for bone heath.
https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2001/ast02nov_1
https://patents.justia.com/assignee/marodyne-medical-llc

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Link only described device and hypothesis no research article? Would be interesting to see if and meta analysis studies on this, but can’t really see how it could be measurable to rule out others factors.

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@tetris

Hi @vgkime, Just learned that all of last week's presentations from Margie Bissinger's osteoporosis & bone health summit will be available for free this coming Sat and Sun (1/27 and 1/28). You can register at https://morebonehealth.byhealthmeans.com/?idev_id=22547. Thus, you have another opportunity to view Belinda Beck's interview. 🙂 As @rola mentioned previously, Dr. Beck discusses the VIBMOR trial results starting at 27:26 (~3 minutes total). Note: she does not say "VIBMOR" but it sure sounds like it!

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Thanks Tetris, I am now registered. 🙂

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Kudos to Tetris, vgkime, rola and others who are keeping a focus on this "study" and, the Marodyne product in general. I'm a journalist with a personal interest in this subject. It shouldn't be this difficult seeking objective data/info/reviews on this product.

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