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Study published in Clinical
Journal of Sports Medicine finds Farabloc
cloth provides significant relief from
muscle pain and injury from
overexercise
Product shown to have significant
potential for worker rehabilitation,
high-performance sports training and
recovery from muscle injuries
Vancouver, B.C. &endash; September 5,
2000 &endash; A study published in the
Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine
(Volume 10, Number 1, 2000 Philadelphia,
PA), a leading international sports
medicine research periodical, has found
that Farabloc &endash; a metal fibre cloth
product originally developed to alleviate
phantom limb pain &endash; has the ability
to significantly speed the recovery of
muscles that have been damaged from
overexercise. The results have exciting
implications for the recovery from muscle
injuries in sports training and
rehabilitation from workplace
injuries.
"We didn't expect these results but
find them to be quite revolutionary for
the pain and injury world, whether you're
dealing with sports or the rehabilitation
of muscles from accidents or overuse,"
said study leader Dr. Douglas Clement.
"The serum level results show clearly that
the Farabloc cloth wrap significantly
reduced the level of noxious substances in
the blood that are associated with muscle
injuries and inflammation. The result was
subjects using Farabloc made faster
recoveries that are of clinical value.
This is of direct significance to the pain
and muscle injury research world."
Entitled "The Efficacy of Farabloc, An
Electromagnetic Shield, in Attenuating
Delayed-Onset Muscle Soreness" the study
was conducted by a team led by Dr.
Clement, who is from the School of Human
Kinetics and Division of Family Practice
at UBC. The study won the Robert Tait
McKenzie Medallion from the Canadian
Academy of Sports Medicine and formed the
thesis for a master's degree in science
for team member Jian Zhang.
The study evaluated the ability of
Farabloc (which has medical device class 1
status) to significantly reduce the
markers of muscle injury &endash; pain,
strength loss, inflammation, high levels
of CPK and other serum biochemical markers
of muscle cell damage &endash; that occur
during overexercise and as a result of
injury.
The researchers created DOMS
(delayed-onset muscle soreness, the muscle
pain and injury that most people get from
overexertion) in untrained subjects and
then measured Farabloc's impact on
recovery. The Farabloc or placebo was
wrapped around the limb for a measured
portion of the post-exercise period. Serum
and psychological measurements were taken
at 0, 24, 48, 72 and 96 hours after the
exercise. The results showed that Farabloc
improved recovery times substantially.
Impressive reductions in strength
loss and muscle pain in 24
hours
For example, the study found
substantial reductions in pain (44%) and
strength loss (17% less) at 24 hours after
exercise. In fact, it took the placebo
group two days to reach the reduced muscle
pain readings reached by the Farabloc
group in the first day. In the strength
testing, it took the placebo group four
days to recover to the strength levels the
Farabloc group reached at just 24 hours
after exercise.
In addition, levels of all serum
biochemical markers were reduced
significantly. The markers that were
tested include creatine phosphokinase
(CPK), malondiandehyde, myoglobin,
leukocytes and neutrophils, all important
indicators of muscle damage from injury.
CPK levels at 24 hours for the Farabloc
group were 87.07 units per litre, almost
three times less than the placebo group
measurement of 241.21.
Ability to block high-frequency
EMF radiation forms a working
theory
A separate unpublished study conducted
by the UBC Department of Physics found
that the Farabloc metal fibre cloth is
able to block high-frequency (HF) EMF
radiation in the high to ultra-high HF
range. Research in the scientific
literature has uncovered evidence
suggesting that EMF can have a negative
effect at the cellular level.
The researchers suggest that Farabloc's
strength may lie in its ability to block
HF EMF from reaching the muscle tissue and
limiting additional injury to the muscle
during the post-exercise stage. Farabloc
may act to speed recovery times by
reducing the total amount of injury
resulting from the overexercise itself. A
document is available in the study media
information kit to explain this working
theory in greater detail.
Farabloc has also been the subject of a
double-blind study that was published in
the Canadian Journal of Rehabilitation
(Volume 6, Number 3, 1993). "The Efficacy
of Farabloc in the Treatment of Phantom
Limb Pain" found that Farabloc provided
statistically significant amounts of
relief from phantom limb pain in
amputees.
A media information kit with copies of
both studies and additional information on
Farabloc is available. A sample of the
Farabloc material is also available.
Farabloc (www.farabloc.com)
is a patented non-electric, non-invasive
metal fibre lightweight woven material
that was created and developed by the
Farabloc Development Corporation using
proprietary design and fabrication
technologies. Composed of a weave of
ultra-thin metal fibres within a flexible
cloth, Farabloc is available in gloves or
socks, pants, jackets and arm and leg
bands in a variety of sizes. Farabloc is
classified as a medical device class 1.
The corporate mission of the Farabloc
Development Corporation is to develop
Farabloc as a mainstream international
fitness and healthcare product that can be
used to alleviate the pain and injury of
muscle damage in both able-bodied patients
and amputees.
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