I'll repeat, to match each slice of spam.
In <5lgk05$3tg at dfw-ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> flefever at ix.netcom.com(F.
Frank LeFever) writes:
>> I will insert a few comments.
> Frank LeFever
> New York Neuropsychology Group
>>>>>>>In <01bc619a$9b700940$265f12cf at persever.ccia.com> "Med/Aid, Inc."
><persever at ccia.com> writes:
>>>> HOPE FOR SERIOUS PHYSICAL DISABILITIES
THROUGH
>>> DR. BRUCKER'S BIOFEEDBACK
>>>> There is now hope for spinal cord injuries, strokes, and cerebral
>palsy
>>patients that has resulted in paralysis or loss of motor skills. Dr.
>>Bernard Brucker, internationally known for his Biofeedback
treatments,
>has
>>developed a biofeedback program which helps restore function to
people
>with
>>physical disabilities.
>>>> Dr. Brucker's program is designed to locate faint or previously
>>undetected motor
>>neural signals from the brain to the paralyzed limb. Often, the
>signal is
>>so faint it is undetectable except through Dr. Brucker's testing
>process.
>> I have done a some biofeedback treatment of patients with
> hemiplegia and even quadriplegia. Like most people doing this
> I used EMG to detect the "faint or previously undetected motor
> neural signals...". How does "Dr. Brucker's testing process"
> differ from this? (Does it?)
>>>>>>Once the signal is located focus can be directed toward strengthening
>the muscle
>> What does that mean? ("focus can be directed toward"?????)
> Focus what? focus your attention? STANDARD biofeedback
> procedure (not some special Dr. Brucker secret) is to use
> the EMG to drive a visual or auditory feedback signal to
> the patient, telling him he's going the right direction
> in his efforts, reinforcing the latent or weak response
> so that subsequent ones may be stroonger, etc., etc.
>> it is attached to
>> The muscle it is "attached" to??? Maybe you mean the muscle
> the impulse is directed to? The muscle at which we record
> the EMG?
>>>> and developing other motor neuron signals to aid
>>in the process. This becomes a powerful tool in the treatment of
>certain
>>physical disorders.
>>>> Mike Utley, Detroit Lions Professional Football Player, was
>carried
>>from the field with a C6-7 spinal cord injury affecting the arms,
>hands,
>>trunk, and legs.
>> With Biofeedback Mike made large gains in learned control
>>of the muscles in his legs.
>> Well, maybe it was biofeedback, and maybe it was resolution
> of some of the acute tissue reactions which impaired function
> of intactneurons for a while. There is no way we can be sure
> about this, since time and biofeedback training are confounded.
> However, I don't know the history of the case, and perhaps if
> there had been a long, stable baseline period with no change
> and change began only after treatment, the argument is a little
> better (although not conclusive).
>> I can understand their not wanting to do it, but biofeedback
> treatment of one limb but not another would have allowed a test
> of the biofeedback vs. natural healing question...
>> He has also gained the use of signals to the
>>muscles in his fingers, back, which he is now strengthening. Mike's
>>prognosis is good to continue to gain control over his muscles
through
>>these Biofeedback techniques according to Dr. Brucker.
>>>> Dr. Brucker has found that not all spinal cord injuries are
>>neurologically complete. There may be some neural tracts, perhaps
>>duplicate ones not used before, or some tissue that may be recovered
>after
>>injury but has not been trained for use. In many cases we find there
>is
>>undamaged neural tissue in the spinal cord that is not efficiently
>utilized
>>by the brain. In short, Dr Brucker's program recruits motor neurons
>with
>>the patient learning how to voluntarily recruit a motor signal in the
>>brain.
>> This produces a motor signal to the muscle site... producing
action.
>>>>>> Currently, Dr. Brucker has a year waiting list
>>> However, he is not the only person doing biofeedback with these
> sorts of conditions, so people interested in this should check
> other possibilities. Rusk Institute (NYU Med Ctr. NYC) has done
> some of this sort of thing, to cite one example.
>>>>>>> but has developed a
>>satellite laboratory in New Castle, Pa that is accepting new
patients.
> For
>>more information please e-mail us
>> Who is "us"?
> The tone of this announcement does not inspire confidence.
> Its ballyhoo and mystery sounds more like snake oil selling
> than anything else.
>>> at PrayHard99 at aol.com with your mailing
>>address to receive a free packet of information.
>> I would not be interested in a packet of "information"
> from anyone who neglects to state up-front what the procedure
> is in terms that lets one compare it with standard biofeedback,
> to say nothing of saying explicitly whether it does differ
> from standard biofeedback, and if so, how.
>> I m no knocking biofeedback, although my own experience and
> reading in the field leads me to make very modest claims for
> its power. It is possible that Dr. Brucker is using it in
> a responsible and competent way; but the tone of this announcement
> must raise some doubts among people who know something about this
> field.
>> It would help if you would post something about where Dr. B. got
> his training (and Dr. of what? Ed.D? J.D.? Ph.D.? Psy.D.? M.D.?
> D.O.? etc.), what professional organizations he is a member of
good
> standing in, where he has published (exact citations, please),
etc.
>>> Frank LeFever
> New York Neuropsychology Group
>>>>>>>
