For Researchers
GyroStim is in use at universities and research institutions to explore clinical and human performance applications that are made possible with its technologically advanced capabilities.
Explore new frontiers; create new horizons
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GyroStim technology produces the power, precision, dependability, and versatility needed for performing a wide range of research projects.
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GyroStim presents new opportunities for researchers to win competitive grant funding by proposing novel cutting-edge research projects that utilize GyroStim's unprecedented capabilities.
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GyroStim is classified as a Non-Significant Risk Device and has been approved by multiple IRBs.
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For information about research opportunities with GyroStim, please contact us.
Sampling of research and case studies conducted with GyroStim
Balance & Stability
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Off-vertical axis and multiplane whole-body vestibular rotational therapy (Download) has received great attention from major network television and press subsequent to its utilization in the treatment of high-profile sports concussions and other traumatic brain injuries that result in neurological challenges to balance and gait. We desired to test the therapy in isolation from other therapies customarily used in a brain and vestibular rehabilitation center.
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Vestibular perceptual thresholds quantify the magnitude of self-motion in which a human can perceive differences between motion directions. They are a measure of vestibular sensory and perceptual noise in individuals. Rotational thresholds correspond to angular motion about an Earth-vertical axis for each of the three orthogonal directions in a human-centered reference frame: yaw, roll, and pitch.
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Many movement disorders and neurological syndromes are associated with pathology of balance and gait and there is a need to implement preventive and therapeutic measures and strategies to identify, assess, and target high-risk persons. The therapeutic use of multi-axis whole-body rotations in the treatment of patients with fall risk or pathology of station and gait is suggested.
Concussion/TBI
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This case report demonstrates the effectiveness of functional neurology in the assessment and management of patients who have incurred neurologic injury such as those with concussion / mTBI. Neurologically specific therapeutics incorporating chiropractic adjustments, off-vertical axis rotation, and optometric rehabilitation can be an effective conservative treatment strategy in the management of concussive / mild traumatic brain injuries.
PTSD
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Investigation demonstrating the promise of development of superior outcomes for PTSD that will benefit a global society. Approaching PTSD as a physical injury rather than a psychiatric disorder is associated with strong statistical and substantive significant outcomes associated with a decrease of PTSD classification.
Microgravity
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Research scientists at the University of Colorado/Boulder are investigating strategies for making artificial gravity tolerable during manned missions to Mars --- and a modified GyroStim is providing solutions.
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The cross-coupled (CC) illusion and associated motion sickness limit the tolerability of fast-spin-rate centrifugation for artificial gravity implementation. Humans acclimate to the CC illusion through repeated exposure; however, substantial inter-individual differences in acclimation exist, which remain poorly understood. To address this, we investigated several potential predictors of individual acclimation to the CC illusion.
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Existing methods to mitigate spaceflight-induced deconditioning employ a suite of countermeasures that are only partially effective and largely inefficient; several countermeasures are required to maintain physiological function during flight and ensure astronaut health upon return. To fill the void in this piecemeal approach, we propose optimized conceptual design parameters for short-radius, intermittent artificial gravity (AG).
Multiple Systems Atrophy
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A study showing a positive impact on neurological degeneration and decline. With further investigation, it may provide an additional form of therapy for other individuals with MSA.
Mal de Debarquement Syndrome / MdDS
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The results of a study on the efficacy of multi-axis rotational stimulation and sensorimotor training (using GyroStim) as an intervention for MdDS presented at the International Congress on Motion Sickness in Reykjavik, Iceland, in July of 2019 and as a poster at APTA-CSM 2020 in Denver.
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Prior to the study noted above, The Vestibular Disorders Association (VEDA) ran this related case study in their newsletter: Fox, Kim. Case Study: Mal de Debarquement Syndrome. Vestibular Disorders Association, May 2017 (Download).