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Good vibrations: Sternal vibration enhances white matter density and interoceptive awareness.
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Vibration-based therapies are understudied but promising methods for alleviating psychiatric symptoms, particularly when paired with behavioral practices. The potential neuroplastic changes associated with a novel neurostimulation method, sternal vibration, and associations with clinical change remain unknown. We examined effects of sternal vibration paired with mindfulness meditation on change in white matter microstructure and dissociation using neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI) in trauma-exposed adults with elevated dissociative symptoms. A total of 116 trauma-exposed adults with elevated dissociation completed MRI before/after eight mindfulness meditation sessions. Approximately half (n=60) received sternal vibration augmentation whereas n=56 had no augmentation. Self-reported dissociation was measured at each session with the Scale of Body Dissociation. Significant time-by-intervention type interactions showed vibration-specific improvements in body awareness (
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