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Summary of a research paper:  “The effect of low-frequency sound stimulation on patients with fibromyalgia:  A clinical study” Authors of this study are Lili Naghdi, MD CCFP, Heidi Ahonen, PhD MTA, Pasqualino Macario, DC and Lee Bartel, PhD Article found in Pain Research and Management, January/February 2015, Pages e21 -e27. The present study bases its premises on the thalamocortical dysrhythmia in fibromyalgia and that low frequency sound stimulation (LFSS) can play a regulatory function by driving neural rhythmic oscillatory activity. 

Summary of  A Protocol and Pilot Study for Managing Fibromyalgia with Yoga and Meditation  Janet Hennard, MA, RYT-500 International Journal of Yoga Therapy No. 21 (2011) pg 109 - 121

Summary of  "Effects of whole body vibration therapy in pain, function and depression of the patients with fibromyalgia" Alp Alev, Adali Mihriban, Efe Bilge, Elyildirim Ayca, Karabulut Merve, Coşkun Şeyma, Ertem Uğur, Bilgiç Adnan, Karalullukcuoglu Zeynel, Günay Selim Mahmut The article was published in Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice 28 (2017) 200-203 The aim of this study is to understand the effects of whole body vibration (WBV) in fibromyalgia patients.  

Verbal summary of a review titled Nutritional Interventions in The Management of Fibromyalgia Syndrome Nutrients 2020, 12, 2525, doi:10.3390/nul12092525 Giuditta Pagliani, Ilaria Giangrandi, Monica Dinu, Francesco Sofi and Barbara Colombini This review summarizes the possible relationship between Fibromyalgia (FM) and nutrition. It explores the available evidence of dietary supplements and dietary interventions and its effect on FM symptoms. The available studies show that the role of dietary supplements remains controversial. However, clinical trails with Vitamin D, magnesium, and probiotic supplementation show promising results. Dietary intervention studies were reviewed as well. These studies include administration of olive oil, the replacement diet with ancient grains, low - calorie diets, the low FODMAPs diet, the gluten-free diet, the monosodium glutamate and aspartame-free diet, vegetarian diets as well as the Mediterranean diet.

Fact-Finding Friday: Summary of a research article discussing the effects of music in combination with vibration in acupuncture points on the treatment of fibromyalgia. This research article was published in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Volume 00, Number 0, 2015, pp 1-6. The authors are Agususto Weber, MD, Lineu Werneck, MD, Phd,  Eduardo Paiva, MD, Msc and Paulo Gans.