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I think vibration may, I stress may, be helpful in stimulating bone growth but the more studies I read about it, the more I share the caution of @windyshores and others about potential risk. And I think there's more than a whiff of snake oil salesmanship out there. When the claims might be overblown, the burden of due diligence is greater. But here's the other point, there a big difference between "might or might not help" and "might or might not help and actually could possibly damage." So I hope people consider the downside risks as something greater than disappointment that there was no benefit.

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I should have stressed that my concern is if this technology can be inappropriate for people with fragile bones, but it might be valuable for those with mild osteopenia. The meta analyses that Sue cited are of some value. I'm sure there are current studies bring done with an exact focus on osteoporosis that may answer our questions as to riskybenefit.