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Has anyone used the Marodyne device to stimulate bone growth?
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Sep 18 3:41pm | Replies (193)Comment receiving replies
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 He conducted the original study for NASA in 2001 which has since been archived by NASA.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
https://marodyne.ca/our-story/
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Sounds like you’ve put time into looking into this more than some others. I actually have purchased a Marodyne and am using it. I have a positive outlook but I realize it will be difficult to assess its specific value for me as I’m doing lots of other things to assist in making my bone situation better. However, I would be curious to see specific reporting that says NASA didn’t use it, as well as specific reporting that’s more current., as what was sited was from 2001. Several years have past. So , I would be curious to see specific reporting that is more current. It takes years to gather data in some instances. Use of the these vibration platforms , the Marodyne, as just one of many on the market, impacts the trabecular areas of the bone. The spine is very much trabecular in nature and to a lesser extent the femoral neck area of the hip. Remember Bone Strength equals Bone Density plus Bone Quality. For many patients bone quality is as important , or more so in terms of actual fracture risk. As more people begin to get their Trabecular Bone Score in addition to the routine DEXA score , I’ll be curious to see if there’s a shift in the thinking. In the meantime I’d love to get more up to date scientific articles. I have an open mind and am all ears!!!