Results & Current Studies

Study 1: Demonstrating the Efficacy of the NIMMO Technique

Team: Terry K. Koo, PhD, Jeffrey H. Cohen, DC, and Yongping Zheng, PhD
Status: Complete
Title: “Immediate Effect of Nimmo Receptor Tonus Technique on Muscle Elasticity, Pain Perception, and Disability in Subjects with Chronic Low Back Pain”
Publication: Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Recognition: Accepted for presentation at WFC’s 11th Biennial Congress in Rio

Summary: In this study, the Revised Oswestry Disability index and numeric pain scale were used to measure the effects of NIMMOCARE® on patients exhibiting trigger points in the same muscle.

Study 2: Objective Measurement of Trigger Points

Team: Terry K. Koo, PhD, Jeffrey H. Cohen, DC, and Yongping Zheng, PhD
Status: Complete
Title: “A Mechano-Acoustic Indentor System for In Vivo Measurement of Nonlinear Elastic Properties of Soft Tissue”
Publication: Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Recognition: 2011 ACC-RAC Award Winning Paper

Summary: In our second study, we were able to successfully apply an instrument of measure to objectively quantify the muscle elasticity of trigger points.

Study 3: Visualizing a Trigger Point

Team: Terry K. Koo, PhD, Jeffrey H. Cohen, DC, and Yongping Zheng, PhD
Status: In Progress
Title: In-vivo Assessment of Taut Bands and MyofascialTrigger Points Using Shear Wave Elastography.

**** Dr. Kevin Parker, Dean of the University of Rochester Medical School Department of biomedical engineering is so excited about this project that he is donating his services to serve as a consultant.

Drs. Terry Koo and Jing Yi, both of NYCC Research Department are receiving no pay for their work on this project.

Summary: Raymond Nimmo himself once said, “You cannot X-Ray pain.” Our goal is to prove him wrong. Our latest research endeavor will test the efficacy of shearwave elastography in creating visual representations of trigger points. We hope to be the first people to ever “see” a trigger point. This is not accurate. The follow up to this statement is that our interest is in function, not structure. This study uses sophisticated ultrasound to visualize Trigger Points which indicate muscle function. Similar to use of ultrasound to visualize fetus in pregnant woman. We are observing function of fetus.

2ShearWave Elastography project

SuperSonic_Imagine_-_27v1_-_White_Paper_UK_-_Electronic_version

http://www.jmptonline.org/article/S0161-4754(11)00231-4/abstract

http://download.journals.elsevierhealth.com/pdfs/journals/0161-4754/PIIS0161475411002314.pdf