USER TEST FINDINGS FOR BEMER 3000

User Test conducted by: Center for Sports Medicine in Tarnobrzeg, VR Poland

Witold Furgal, M.D., leader of the Center for Sports Medicine

Duration: December 1999 through February 2000

Subjects: Twenty-one patients with varying illnesses.
In addition, the BEMER was used  with 15 athletes as an element of biological regeneration.

Use of the BEMER 3000 for patients with multiple sclerosis:

Five patients in this group

Findings: During an initial walking test of the MS patients, the maximum achievement was 30 meters (threshold of fatigue). The movement speed was measured on an electric treadmill (Jaeger), and the subjects were able to handle a speed of 2,5 to 4 km/hr. After 20 therapies with the BEMER (one per day - more was not possible due to transportation constraints), the patients were able to walk an average of 400 meters on the treadmill at the same speed. One patient (40 years old), who needed to be transported by bus at the beginning of the therapy, was able to walk the distance from her home to the sports center (2km) after one month, and also was able to perform household chores on her own again.

Use of the BEMER 3000 for patents with torn muscles, for rehabilitation after surgery:

Patient Groups:

• 5 patients with tears of thigh muscles
• 3 patients with tear of calf muscles
• 2 patients with tears of elbow muscles and haematoma
• 5 patients with unsatisfactory improvement after torn ligament repair

Findings: For all athletes who were treated with the BEMER 3000 after surgery (intensive applicator), the post-operative swelling and bruising disappeared before removal of the stitches. Haematomas and pain were gone.

About 30 days after the surgery (after 20 uses of the BEMER) the athletes experienced full movement. Isometric contractions, which were used in combination with the BEMER therapy, very evidently stopped the muscle atrophy which usually occurs in this case.

Use of the BEMER 3000 for regeneration among performance athletes:

Fifteen high performance athletes from the areas of track and field and soccer, as well as several students of the Pedagogic College used the BEMER 3000 after their training periods. The intensive applicator was used in the areas of highest physical taxation. Ten athletes used the BEMER immediately after training, and 5 athletes used it the next morning.

Findings: All athletes equally testified to experiencing no fatigue. The athletes using the BEMER immediately after training did not experience soreness of muscles, and for the five athletes using the BEMER the next morning, muscle soreness went away after BEMER therapy. All athletes experienced full regeneration after the therapy.

Summary:

The BEMER 3000 is very useful for rehabilitation after trauma and surgery, as well as for biological regeneration. We believe that after further evaluation, it will become a primary means of regeneration after athletics for our students.

© AFB February, 2000