1 Jul 2015Case Report
New acoustic wave therapy improves quality of life in patients with multiple sclerosis and chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency
Aldo d’Alessandro 1Tarcisio Niglio 2Antonello Desogus 3Alessandro d’Alessandro 4Dimitri Mandolesi 5
Affiliations
Article Info
1 Department of Angiology Hospital “T. Masselli-Mascia”, San Severo, Italy
2 Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy
3 Department of Surgery “Policlinico Villa Elena”, Cagliari, Italy
4 Faculty of Medicine Foggia University Italy
5 Occupational Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Ann. Ital. Chir., 2015, 86(4), 336-339;
Published: 1 Jul 2015
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Abstract
A Multiple Sclerosis patient with chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) treated by acoustic waves, modulated in frequency and power of the Dreno-MAM® device, showed a progressive improvement in motor coordination, resistance to work, muscular power and rigidity, and distal microcirculation. Life quality, chronic fatigue, and clinical severity questionnaires EDSS show marked improvements with a follow-up of two years. We suggest that the method could be also used in the chronic fatigue syndrome and other neurological diseases such as Parkinson or Meniere syndrome. Analyses on statistically robust samples are in progress to validate such impressive result obtained by this nonpharmacological and non-invasive treatment.
Keywords
- Acoustic waves
- Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency
- Multiple sclerosis