More than 30 years have passed since the emergence of many patients with what is now called vibration syndrome.
We have been engaged in vibration syndrome therapy since 1973 using thermotherapy, therapeutic exercise, and herbal medicine. We have measured the skin temperature of both middle fingers of patients every year in spring and autumn. In 1985, 12 years after starting the treatment, we noted significant improvement in their skin temperatures.
This paper is a report on the changes in skin temperature as measured over 10 years (from 1980 to 1990) in ten patients with Raynaud's phenomenon.
From our study, we have concluded that a period of 10 years or more is required to treat patients with Vibration Syndrome.