Mission and Inspiration

Our goal is to provide evidence-based support using technology that can improve the outcomes and patient care for individuals with neuromuscular conditions.

Using multi-baric technology the ALS Performance Research Foundation has investigated and confirmed with our own pilot studies changes in EMG data. These changes are hypothesized to be both a new form of both cellular and metabolic adaptation to multi-baric environments.

How did we get started?

It started with one individual, and this is his story.

Our Mission -

Our goal is to provide evidence-based support using technology that can improve the outcomes and patient care for individuals with neuromuscular conditions.

“It is noteworthy that there is no specific treatment for fasciculations, as it is symptomatic. The use of antiepileptic drugs such as carbamazepine and phenytoin has shown a partial therapeutic response.”

— Neurol Int. August 8th, 2014

What We’ve Achieved - Pilot Study Findings

What We Accomplished:

  • Collected and analyzed EMG data with an individual afflicted with lower motor neuron ALS.

  • Collected and analyzed EMG data with an individual afflicted with Bulbar ALS.

  • Collected EMG data on various anatomical regions simultaneously.

  • Conducted a longitudinal study of two individuals following the use of CVAC.

  • Collected and analyzed Fasciculation Potentials spikes (FP Spikes) pre and post multi-baric sessions.

Our Results:

  • The Pilot Study confirmed, that the null hypothesis can be rejected (double negative) - “There is a significant difference between Pre-CVAC and Post-CVAC sessions objectively measured with surface mount EMG data”.

  • The Fasciculation Potentials spikes (FP spikes) decrease in a meaningful way.

  • New Anatomical regions have been recognized to measure the Electrophysiological signals Pre and Post CVAC.

  • Discovered a Unilateral Difference in Neuronal Tracts responding to Post-CVAC sessions.

  • We have discovered a new EMG scoring system to measure the differences between Pre and Post CVAC sessions.

  • Discovered an anomaly in electrophysiological signals Post-CVAC with excess Mg2+ loading that is unilateral as well.

  • Discovered EMG signal amplitude differences Pre and Post CVAC that would easily be discarded as noise but in fact shows bimodal distribution.

  • Discovered a decrease in Fasciculation Potentials Pre-CVAC.