Somatron Vibroacoustic Products
Brain
Fitness Center - Matea
Clinical Experiences
Type
of Facility: Brain Fitness Center
Patient Population using the Somatron: Individuals suffering
as a result of recent war activity. Students.
Date of Reported Experiences: August
1998
Primary Findings: Initial findings
are reportedly positive
Music Used:
Not reported
Contact Information: Dr. Petar-Kreslimar Hodzic
Project
Coordinator
Brain Fitness Center - Mateau
Preradoviceva 37
HRVATSKE - CROATIA
Phone: 385-1-4817 192
Fax: 385-1-423-661
Staff
at the Brain Fitness Center in Croatia have been using Somatron equipment
with individuals attending the facility.
The center offers both individual and group programs that are
primarily aimed to improve cognitive functioning and the general overall
well being of these individuals.
The work at the center has received media interest and attention
and has consequently been included in education broadcasting.
The Brain Fitness Center expanded
to collaborate with the School of Medicine at the University
of Zagreb as well as with the Croatian Institute for Brain Research
and the Croatian Medical Student International Committee (croMSIC).
The initial goal of the center was to focus on providing healing
for the “wounds of recent war”.
With their work already showing signs of success at this early
stage, the staff report that they are hopeful they will meet their
goal as their work progresses. More recently the center has begun to
focus on a new issue. After
conducting surveys, staff identified a possible link between students’
health deterioration and their educational experiences. In order to investigate this further,
a research project is being developed that will introduce a pilot
group of students to relaxation and anti-stress methods in an attempt
to see whether their stress levels decrease and also whether there
are any positive effects on cognitive functioning (e.g. memory and
learning). This project is currently ongoing and
has received support from a number of other facilities and organizations
(see “New and Ongoing Research” section for more details).
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