DRX9000 Spinal Decompression

[From Businesswire.com: In Las Vegas on February 7-9, 2008 Dr. John Leslie of The Mayo Clinic and others will be presenting the clinical results of a pilot study to examine the effectiveness and safety of the DRX9000 for treating chronic lower back pain.]

The clinical results of an IRB-approved prospective, multi-center phase II, non-randomized pilot study utilizing the DRX9000™ will be presented by two of its authors at the Parker Seminars Las Vegas February 7 – 9, 2008. The study, authored by Dr. John Leslie of The Mayo Clinic and others, was designed to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of the DRX9000 in the treatment of chronic lower back pain. Patients enrolled in the study had suffered an overall average of ten years of chronic back pain. After two weeks of treatment on the DRX9000 there was an average 50% reduction in pain scores and upon completion of the entire six week protocol an amazing success rate of 88.9% was documented. The investigators also noted an improvement in Oswestry Disability score.

A second study will also be presented in Las Vegas. This study titled, “Treatment of 94 Outpatients With Chronic Discogenic Low Back Pain with the DRX9000: A Retrospective Chart Review,” reports that patients with a mean pain duration of 535 weeks reported a mean verbal numerical pain intensity rating equal to 6.05 on a 0 to 10 scale prior to treatment with the DRX9000. This decreased to a statistically and clinically significant mean rating of 0.89 after the last treatment on the DRX9000. Patients also reported a decrease in analgesic use and improvement in activities of daily living. In addition, the authors were able to follow-up at a mean 31 weeks with 29 patients and reveal mean values of 83% improvement in back pain and satisfaction of 8.55 on a 10-point scale. None of these patients reported requiring surgery. The authors also acknowledge that there are other spinal decompression systems available commercially. However, they suggest that the design difference between these devices, “…may lead to differing physical responses to therapy, so studies of one type of apparatus should not readily be applied across all machines.” The study will be released in print in the March 2008 issue of Pain Practice. Copies of both poster presentations will be available.

Non-treatment or control groups were not included making efficacy outcome versus placebo or spontaneous recovery difficult to determine. Randomized double-blinded or comparative long-term outcome trials are needed to further prove the efficacy of non-surgical spinal decompression systems such as the DRX9000™ for the routine treatment of chronic LBP.

Axiom Worldwide manufactures and distributes its flagship products, the DRX9000 True Non-surgical Spinal Decompression System™, DRX9000C™, and DRX9500™ in medical markets around the globe. Axiom also manufactures a digital electroceutical device, the EPS8000™, for use in relieving pain and for use in muscular rehabilitation. Axiom prides itself on providing safe, non-surgical alternatives that patients should consider prior to undergoing surgery.

For additional information or to receive a copy of the data presented at Parker Seminars Las Vegas please visit: www.AxiomWorldwide.com. To schedule an interview please contact: Gary Dixon, VP Sales and Marketing at: telephone: 001-813-249-6444 or email: gdixon@axiomworldwide.com.

Axiom Worldwide Non Surgical Medical Equipment

One of the leaders in the field of non surgical medical equipment is Axiom Worldwide. Commonly known for its spinal decompression table the DRX 9000, Axiom has a range of non surgical equipment, including a machine for electrical stimulation therapy. Here is a brief look at their products.

The DRX 9000

This previously mentioned machine has been designed as a non-invasive, non-surgical treatment option for sufferers of chronic lower back pain. Using a method of spinal decompression, the table uses motors and rollers to manipulate the spinal column at precise locations, freeing up space between vertebrae and damaged spinal discs, giving them a chance to heal. The DRX9000 is reasonably popular among well established chiropractors and gives patients a real choice against other alternatives.

The DRX9000C

The DRX9000C is a unit designed to relieve neck or cervical pain and shoulder pains. This headrest unit attaches to the DRX9000, and aims to relieve the tension at the root of the Cervical or shoulder pain. The unit uses cutting-edge technology to constantly monitor the pressures and forces being applied to a patients cervical spinal area. This allows the machine to adjust the patients angle in turn providing pinpointed treatment to the patients affected discs.

The DRX9500

Unlike the DRX9000C, the DRX9500 is a standalone unit for treating patients with chronic cervical pain. The headrest unit on this machine is non detachable, but still provides the same pinpoint accuracy and adjustability as the DRX9000C. Using rollers and motors this machine applies cyclic forces to the affected area, aimed at reducing the build up of pressure between intravertabral discs that have been damaged or weakened.

Axioms products are not cheap, this unit included, but the innovative approach to providing treatment to the patients affected areas has made the DRX units extremely popular among members of the chiropractic profession.

EPS8000

This machine provides electrical stimulation therapy, and is suggested as an additional therapy for spinal decompression patients. The electrical stimulation therapy is said to reduce the patients pain perception, making it easier to manipulate the vertebrae during Decompression therapy. An electrical current is sent to a specific area, either a single muscle or small group of muscles, and the charge causes the muscle to contract. Inducing this contraction, either a gentle or forceful one depending on the current being used, encourages the muscle to strengthen itself, and promotes the supply of blood flow to the treated area, both of which will dramatically increase the rate of healing.

The EPS8000 uses a technology called DDS, or Direct Digital Synthesis, which enables it to produce higher resolution and smoother feeling currents to ensure maximum impact from treatments.

Axiom Worldwide is constantly researching and developing the techniques involved in non-surgical treatments. This is one of the reasons products like the DRX9000 and DRX9500 are being used by so many chiropractors, because they know when they buy products from Axiom, they are buying state of the art!

DRX900 News:

TAMPA, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Axiom Worldwide has received numerous inquiries regarding professional golfer Frank Nobilo’s return to the PGA Tour. Mr. Nobilo left the tour in 2003 because of serious back problems. On October 9, 2007, the Associated Press reported that he was making a comeback and had registered for the PGA Tour’s qualifying school. The report also went on to state that Mr. Nobilo was expected to play in this year’s New Zealand Open. The inquiries to Axiom Worldwide are in response to Frank Nobilo’s video testimonial regarding his treatment on the DRX9000™; specifically the teaser that he may play professionally again one day.

The above press release came from the October 13th Business Wire. See this link for the full story:

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