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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
I believe my need to find a "natural" solution to treat osteoporosis made me stick with something that wasn't working for way too long. That coupled with a research doctor who was getting funding to prove it did work created the "perfect storm" of basically no treatment at all except for calcium and vitamin d. I wasted 7 years of treatment time that I could have had. In 2020 I fractured my foot from the simple act of pushing on the footrest of a recliner.
Dr Clinton Rubin's 2001 grant from NASA was ended in 2008. Here is the results of his study, as well as what NASA is using as of 2013 on the International Space station to combat weightlessness induced osteoporosis.
https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/pdf/511800main_NxPCM%20Assessment%20for%20VIBE.pdf
https://asbmr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jbmr.1948
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Again WOW! (first link) This sounds like NASA scrapped the Marodyne after results did not show efficacy... ! Am I reading that correctly? Please give feedback on my interpretation.
(Second link) Looks like NASA was using heavy loads exercise machines (ARED) in the space capsule itself and recommended astronauts use the machines several times a week during space flight. Also they looked a biphosonates. This is interesting as it looks like there was some funding from some of the pharmaceutical companies.
Heavy loading is what the Liftmor Study was all about - showing it can actually build bone in older postmenopausal women. Sounds like NASA came to the same conclusion.