NO335546B1 - Method and apparatus using treatment equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

A method of controlling vibration equipment, and a vibration device for affecting at least one impaired or absent body function on at least one body part in humans or animals. The vibration equipment is designed to have direct or indirect contact with at least one body part of a human or animal. The vibration equipment has at least one vibrator device and is adapted to cause the body part to be subjected to vibration to stimulate body function. The vibrator device is controllable to output stochastic type vibration with at least one frequency, at least one amplitude and at least one defined vibration cycle as parameters, with at least one of the parameters having parameter value selected from one of: stochastically selected value and stochastically variable value.

Description

Procedure and device when using treatment equipment

The present invention relates to a method for controlling vibration equipment, where the vibration equipment has a vibration device which is designed to be brought into contact with at least one body part of a human or animal, the body part having at least one reduced or absent function, and where the vibration device by means of at least one vibrator which is part of this is arranged to cause the body part to be exposed to vibration in order to stimulate the body function, as stated in the preamble of claim 1.

The invention also relates to a device for influencing at least one impaired or absent body function on at least one body part in humans or animals, where the body part is subjected to vibration by means of at least one vibrator in the vibration device in order to stimulate the body function, as stated in the preamble of claim 11.

In the human body, there are three "systems" that have to do with neuromuscular control (also called sensorimotor control).

One system is the visual system, and another is the vestibular system in the inner ear. The third is the proprioceptive apparatus, which consists of mechanoreceptors in muscles, tendons, ligaments, joint capsules, skin and subcutaneous tissue.

US 510181 OA describes vibration equipment in the form of a chair or bench in contact with a person, as the body is exposed to a low-frequency acoustic sound/vibration signal at the same time as music is supplied to the person's ears, and a component of the music is superimposed on said low-frequency signal. The patent describes observable positive stimulation in connection with Retf's syndrome, autism, spastic conditions, pain in the neck or shoulders, lumbago, pre-menstrual pain, asthma, stress-induced depression, sports injuries, rheumatism, muscle cramps and general discomfort in a state of tension.

Equipment of this or similar types cannot, however, be able to stimulate muscle coils and/or tendon coils to an appreciable extent due to such influence. Muscle/tendon coils have the task of signaling to the brain what state the muscle fibers are in at any given time, i.e. relaxed, statically contracted, dynamic activity, or whether the muscle fibers are stretched.

The applicant's previous inventions as described i.a. in EP 1819405-B1 and, respectively

US 2010/0063426-A1 (=N0325834), deals with vibration equipment for influencing the body's proprioceptive apparatus, where the equipment with selected vibration frequencies is capable of setting hanging ropes, which at the bottom engage with and are loaded by a person's body part, into vibration under certain time periods.

With the help of such equipment, a method known as Redcord® Neurac® is provided, which strives for optimal activation of muscle coils by using body weight as resistance (heavier and heavier) and then adding mechanical vibration to the muscles to increase feedback from muscle coils to the brain via the spinal cord. This then leads to increased signal activity from the brain to the muscle fibers via the nerve pathways. Startling treatment results with such equipment have been achieved, e.g. in connection with whiplash injuries, joints with pain or poor mobility, and back problems including e.g. herniated disc and sciatica.

However, the applicant has observed that for certain disorders, such as e.g. in patients with severe mobility impairments, imbalance or dizziness, and often coinciding with severe pain, there seems to be a great need to challenge and stimulate the proprioceptive system further.

The present invention thus has the task of providing a solution in which such a need is remedied.

According to the method, according to the invention, this is characterized by signal controlling said at least one vibrator to emit vibration of a stochastic type with at least one frequency, at least one amplitude and at least one defined vibration cycle as parameters, with at least one of the parameters having a parameter value selected from one of: stochastically chosen value and stochastically varying value.

By stochastic is meant here and in what follows that the vibration and its at least two parameter values do not have a pre-defined characteristic and are thus random or "randomised".

According to an embodiment of the method, the signal control for vibration control of said at least one vibrator exhibits one property feature, i.e. one operating mode, from at least two of the following features a) - c): a) al) to cause the current vibration frequency to be selected selectively or arbitrarily from the vibration range 15 - 150 Hz, or a2) to choose at least two mutually different ones

vibration frequencies from the range 15 - 150 Hz to act selectively or indiscriminately

simultaneous,

b) bl) causing the duration of the vibration to vary arbitrarily from 0.5 to 10 seconds, preferably 0.5 - 5 seconds, or b2) causing the duration of the vibration to vary

arbitrarily at constant intervals of selected duration from 0.5 to 10 seconds, preferably

0.5 - 5 seconds,

c) cl) causing the intervals between the vibrations to vary arbitrarily from 1 to 10 seconds, preferably 1-5 seconds, or c2) causing the intervals between

the vibrations to vary in a predetermined manner from 1 to 10 seconds, preferably 1-5 seconds.

Where the signal control comprises at least features al), the signal control can also cause, by a selected, supplementary operating mode dl), the vibration to jump in duration or frequency and to be superimposed on or interact with stochastic noise.

Where the signal control includes at least feature a2), the signal control can also cause, by a selected, supplementary operating mode d2), the vibrations that have different frequencies to jump in duration or frequency(s) and to be superimposed on or interact with stochastic noise.

Where the signal control includes at least feature al), the signal control can also cause, by a selected, supplementary operating mode el) the vibration strength of a selectively or stochastically selected frequency to be changed from vibration interval to vibration interval.

Where the signal control exhibits at least feature a2), the signal control can also cause, by a selected, supplementary operating mode e2), the vibration strength or respective vibration strength of the selectively or stochastically selected frequencies to be changed from vibration interval to vibration interval.

Where the signal control exhibits at least feature al), the signal control can also cause, by a selected, supplementary operating mode fl) the vibration strength of a selectively or stochastically selected frequency to be changed uniformly or stochastically during a vibration interval.

Where the signal control exhibits at least feature a2), the signal control can also cause, by a selected, supplementary operating mode f2), the vibration strength or respective vibration strength of the selectively or stochastically selected frequencies to be changed uniformly or stochastically during a vibration interval.

In a further embodiment of the method, the signal control, by selecting another supplementary operating mode g), causes the vibrator to emit, stochastically or at predetermined different times, vibration stimuli or vibration stimuli in conjunction with stochastic noise.

According to a still further embodiment of the method, the vibration of stochastic type by means of the signal control, by selecting another supplementary operation mode h) will be caused to cooperate with a vibration which has a constant low frequency in the range 5-60 Hz, preferably 10- 20 Hz.

The invention provides a device of the type mentioned at the outset and which is characterized in that the vibration device is designed to emit vibration of a stochastic type with at least one frequency, at least one amplitude and at least one defined vibration cycle as parameters by means of said at least one vibrator, with at least one of the parameters has a parameter value selected from one of: stochastically selected value and stochastically varying value.

Further embodiments of the vibration device can be found in the attached claims 12 - 23, the content of claims 12 - 22 being related to the content of the respective attached method claims 2-10.

As stated in claim 22, the vibration device is advantageously designed to deliver said supply of vibration to the relevant body part or relevant body parts when the body part(s) is exposed to static or dynamic load.

According to a preferred embodiment, as stated in claim 23, but which should not be considered in any way as limiting the use of the vibration device, the vibration device can be placed at a selected distance from the body part in question, as it is designed to cooperate with a training device that has a pair of hanging rope of adjustable length, where the ropes at the bottom are designed to cooperate with at least one body part of said human or animal, and where the vibration device has a housing which at each end area thereof has means for selective, releasable attachment to one of the ropes or respectively two of the ropes .

Although stochastic noise (or stochastic vibration) and "stochastic resonance" SR are concepts that have existed for many decades, the use of stochastic noise has not led to practical equipment on the market for use in remedying physical ailments in humans and animals, and most of what is described in the literature is therefore related to laboratory-type tests only. SR was actually first discovered and proposed in 1981 to explain the periodic recurrence of ice ages.

The term "stochastic resonance" SR is, in the context of humans or animals, a mechanism or phenomenon that occurs because you add noise, e.g. vibration, as additional stimuli to reach thresholds for the firing of nerve cells, with the intention of stimulating functions that have become inactive or that do not respond normally. SR, by definition, is a non-linear phenomenon where the addition of an arbitrary disturbance (noise) can improve detection of weak stimuli or better information content of a signal, e.g. train of action potentials or signals generated by neuronal assembly.

An optimal amount of added noise results in maximum improvement, while further increases in noise intensity only degrade detectability or information content. It is therefore interesting and important to note that too high an intensity of stochastic noise (vibration) most often causes a deterioration of the sensorimotor signal. The correct level is therefore important. The SR effect seems to have an almost Gaussian characteristic, where too low a vibration level or too high a vibration level does not give optimal results. In people who do not have a specific disorder in a body part, exposure to stochastic noise will in some cases produce negative results or have no effect because the signal transport is normal.

SR can in some cases occur even with sinusoidal vibration, i.e. vibration with fixed amplitude and uniform vibration, but in the present invention it has been found that stochastic noise in the form of vibration, i.e. e.g. vibration with arbitrary amplitude and uneven vibration cycle, or randomized vibration where frequency, amplitude, vibration time and/or cycle vary in an undefined pattern providing marked extra stimulation. The preliminary test results from tests on a closed group of patients with various disorders show sensational treatment results that no type of drug treatment or traditional physiotherapy treatment has been able to show so far.

The interesting thing about the treatments that have been carried out seems to indicate that the treatment gives a long-lasting or lasting, positive result. Blue. has a severely mobility-impaired, wheelchair-using young man regained full walking function after a limited number of treatments. The treatment results are in the process of being systematized and will be described in more detail at a later date.

Tests carried out by the applicant, i.a. tongue test, shows noticeable results before and after treatment, and that increased brain activity and movement of activity centers in the brain can be clearly demonstrated by MRI measurements. This may indicate that the brain, when it perceives special stimuli, is able to reorganize to open signaling pathways or establish other signaling pathways or control programs, thereby controlling body parts that are not optimally affected.

SR is extensively described in the literature and the reactions that occur are clearly observable, although it is not fully understood which mechanisms are involved and how they interact. Research that has been carried out indicates that in order to "trick" the brain into initiating reactions, it is important that i.a. at least one vibration parameter varies or behaves in an arbitrary or unpredictable pattern.

Even though stochastic noise and stochastic resonance are concepts that have existed for over 40 years, the use of stochastic noise has not led to practical devices on the market for use to remedy physical ailments in humans or animals.

It is described in the literature that tests carried out in simple forms and to a limited extent have shown that the use of stochastic noise has an SR effect in several contexts, e.g. to prevent falling tendencies (important to prevent femoral neck fractures), remedy instability or dizziness in elderly or diabetic patients, postural sway in such patients and in patients who have had a stroke. In such cases, tests have used a stochastic vibrating platform, vibrators attached to ankle areas or under the soles of the feet, and also audible (auditory) noise signals and stimuli using electrodes attached to the back of the ears.

Patients, especially the elderly, who are given vibrations (subsensory noise) to their feet, get significantly better balance and less tendency to sway and instability, even when standing on one leg. The same has also been observed with ankle instability, where the use of stochastic noise stimulation results in stochastic resonance and improved stability. US 2008/161734-A1, US2011/271554-A1, US2012/186101-A1 and US2012/222333-A1 describe some examples of vibrating insoles.

Of other aspects of the use of stochastic noise, it can be mentioned that tests, described in the literature, have indicated that a certain level of background noise or "white noise" has a positive effect on memory properties and perceptual ability in inattentive children, especially children with ADHD. Such children are often more easily distracted than others under otherwise normal conditions. The effect is also somewhat individual dependent: External noise (noise outside the nervous system) and internal noise (neural noise - related to dopamine tone). When dopamine transmission is reduced or damaged, external noise seems to have a beneficial effect (ADHD). Although beneficial for ADHD, similar noise for those with normal attention/perception can be harmful. Positive observations have also been found in patients with dopamine-related neurodegenerative disorders, such as akinesia, Parkinson's and aging. Dopamine appears to modulate the effects of noise. Studies in this connection have been carried out at Lund University Cognitive Science, Sweden (Sikstrom, Soderlund, Smart).

Especially task-irrelevant noise has been found to have a positive effect, e.g. traffic noise. Stochastic noise (noise that is randomized) seems to be able to give positive results. The noise helps to raise a signal that is below the hearing threshold, and the signal thus becomes detectable. Too low or too strong a noise level will not necessarily produce results, but in certain cases dampen the signal. This use of stochastic noise could, for example, be used to improve hearing in people who have reduced hearing or who have a cochlear implant. The basic idea is that several sources of unpredictable variability in fibers of the auditory nerve in normal hearing are known to be absent in deaf ears. The hypothesis is therefore that a well-controlled, arbitrary component in the output of the cochlear implant's electrical signals will be able to stimulate nerve fibers in a more natural way and that can lead to improved hearing.

The FASEB Journal express article 10. 1096, 3 Dec. 2002 indicate that the addition of small-magnitude vibration greatly enhanced bone formation in response to loading, which may indicate that stochastic resonance may contribute to the osteogenic response.

Journal of wound care vol 19, no 3, March 2010 indicates that stochastic "white noise" applied to peptic ulcers (which are difficult to heal) for 60 consecutive days reduced the surface area of the peptic ulcer with an overall mean closure rate of 82.5%.

Journal Appl. Physiology 2008, October 107( 4) = 1017- 1027 describes that stochastic mechano-sensory stimulation can stabilize immature breathing patterns in prematurely born children, i.a. open and hypoxia.

Another interesting study of how stochastic noise affects a living being is e.g. the observation of a paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) in a swimming mill between two parallel plate electrodes which emit a noise field with a frequency of 0.5-20 Hz. In this case, the fish managed to detect significantly more food than without such a noise field present. Stochastic phenomena in the body therefore seem to have a greater importance than was previously realised, and that stochastic resonance can therefore be important both in disease development and regenerative functions. SR therefore clearly seems to be important for inter-cell communication.

The Development of a noisy brain. Mclntosh, Kovacevic, Lippe, Garrett, Grådy; Jirsa — Archives Italiennes de Biologie, 148: 323-337, 2010) concludes by indicating that the maturational changes in brain noise represent the improvement of functional network potential, i.e. the brain's dynamic repertoire.

Testing of noise in human muscle coils indicates the possibility that fusimotor systems employ a stochastic resonance-type mechanism to increase the sensitivity of muscle coils to stretch. It is known that fusimotor activity and muscle coil output improve during postural tasks and novel movements.

The Effects of Stochastic Resonance Stimulation on Spine Proprioception and Postural Control in Chronic Low Back Patients (Reeves, Cholewicki, Lee and Mysliwiec, Spine, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 316-21, 2009), states that test results show that SR stimulation of paraspinal muscles can improve postural control, but this improvement can hardly be attributed to improved spinal proprioception. Individuals with compromised neuromuscular control or those exposed to unstable environments may benefit from SR stimulation.

Wikipedia describes that stochastic resonance has been observed in the neural tissue of sensory systems in several organisms. Computationally, neurons exhibit SR due to nonlinearities in this treatment. SR has yet to be fully explained in biological systems, but neural synchrony in the brain (particularly in the Gamma wave frequency) has been suggested as a possible neural mechanism for SR by researchers who have investigated the perception of "subconscious" visual experience.

To use the method and the vibration device according to the invention, vibrator(s) of a type such as e.g. described in the applicant's US publication 2010/0063426-A1 (=NO 325834) could be used. This is a currently used type.

The invention will now be explained in more detail with reference to the attached drawings, as these illustrate non-limiting embodiments of the device according to the invention. Fig. 1 shows a simplified block diagram of a vibration device according to the invention. Fig. 2 and 3 show non-limiting applications of the vibration device, according to the invention. Fig. 4 illustrates the possibility of remote control and the possibility of moving the vibration device, according to the invention. Fig. 5a and 5b show known vibration equipment, according to the applicant's previous invention, as shown in i.a. US 2010/0063426-A1, seen respectively from the front and from above.

As mentioned at the outset, it has been found through the inventive thoughts and testing that the present method and vibration device provide the opportunity for improved treatment results for disorders that cannot be easily cured with known drugs, operations and/or traditional physiotherapeutic treatment. As mentioned, a number of ailments can be treated in a good way with Redcord's Neurac® method and equipment, such as described in US 2010/0063426-Al.

The present invention has basically been tested with particularly good and, from a medical point of view, highly interesting and sensational results by using vibration equipment in the form of a vibration device designed as a vibration beam 1 which with its housing 1' is suspended between a pair of ropes 2,3 which extend from a training device 4 known as "Redcord Trainer", by means of which the length of the ropes from there can be easily regulated. The ropes 2,3 can end at the bottom in, for example, grab straps 5, 6 as shown in Fig. 2 or be attached by means of grab pieces 7 to a sling 8 via sling straps 8', as shown in Fig. 3. On Fig. 2 denotes 11 a knee pad for the user 12.

Although the invention in an exemplary embodiment is specifically referred to using a vibration beam together with a pair of ropes, it will be understood that the invention is in no way limited to such use, and that other types of equipment for transmitting vibrations to a human or an animal using the means (method and vibration device) that the invention prescribes, are within the scope of the invention and that a person skilled in the art with the guidance of the invention will be able to realize.

The vibration beam 1 is releasably attachable to the ropes 2,3 by means of gripping devices 9,10.1 a currently preferred embodiment of the gripping devices, these each consist of three locking pins 9', 9", 9'" and 10', 10", 10'" which the ropes are passed in a wave shape and thus the beam 1 is attached to the ropes 2,3. This is shown somewhat enlarged in Figs 5a and 5b. In this way, the vibration beam 1 can be fixed at the desired location along the length of the ropes, so that it e.g. is at a specific distance L from the surface 11' on which a person 12 lies, e.g. a treatment bench. The distance L that is chosen will also determine the proportion of vibration energy, from the vibration beam 1 and transferred to the ropes 2,3, which reaches the person 12. The greater the value of L, the less the energy transfer.

As shown in Fig. 5a, the vibrating beam 1 has a housing 1' and inside this there are, as previously known from US 2010/0063426-A1, three vibrators in the form of electric motors 13,14,15 which are arranged via their drive shaft to move associated rotatable, eccentrically supported weights 13', 13"; 14', 14"; 15', 15". An on/off switch 16 for power supply 17 is placed on the housing 1'. The vibration beam 1 can, for example, be provided with display panels 18, 20 which in the known embodiment show, for example, frequency and duration respectively , and where options can be controlled by selection buttons 19, 21.

Intensity setting can e.g. is controlled by means of a selection button 22, which can also control how many of the vibrators inside the vibration beam's housing are to operate at the same time. In the context of the present invention, these display panels and selection buttons are only examples, as it is possible to imagine that the display panels instead show the operating modes that are selected, i.e. selected from the options: a1, a2; bl, b2; c1, c2; dl, d2; el, e2; fl, f2; g; h, and that it will be sufficient with one display panel 24, e.g. of the "touchscreen" type.

If the vibrating beam 1 allows for remote control from a remote control unit 23, the remote control unit can have a display 23' which shows the vibration modes that are selected. Whether these selected vibration modes are displayed, e.g. in plain text, graphically or in codes, is immaterial in relation to the content of the invention. Transmission of control signals from the remote control unit 23 to the vibrator(s) in the vibrating beam 1 should take place wirelessly, although in certain cases wired transmission may be appropriate or desirable.

The remote control unit 23 can alternatively, instead of a specially made device, for example consist of a PC, a laptop, a tablet or a smart phone. The advantage of this is an easier upgrade of the software that will control the vibrator.

A power amplifier is normally required to provide sufficient signal power to the vibrator, e.g. when this is of the traditional type as shown and explained in connection with Fig. 5a and 5b. The signal unit 25 and the options are not drawn on Fig. 5a for reasons of clarity. As shown in Fig. 1, there are many vibration options, all depending on the type of treatment that is desired to be carried out in order to obtain the most optimal treatment result possible. For a particular patient, it may be relevant not only with one type of treatment in terms of vibration mode, but successive treatments of different types.

As mentioned at the outset, it is important that the vibration equipment, such as in the example the vibration beam 1, the ropes 2, 3 and the straps 5, 6 or the sling 8, 8', is arranged to have contact with at least one body part of humans or animals. When the body part in this way has contact with the vibration equipment and is exposed to vibration, there is an opportunity to stimulate body function.

The method and the vibration device according to the invention are linked to providing vibration of a stochastic type with at least one frequency, at least one amplitude and at least one defined vibration cycle as parameters, with at least one of the parameters having a parameter value selected from one of: stochastically selected value and stochastically varying value.

The signal control from the signal unit 25 for vibration control of said at least one vibrator exhibits one property feature, i.e. one operating mode, from at least two of the following features a) - c): a) al) causing the current vibration frequency to be selected selectively or arbitrarily from the vibration range 15 -150 Hz, or

a2) to choose at least two mutually different vibration frequencies from the range 15 - 150 Hz to

selectively or arbitrarily acting at the same time,

b) bl) to cause the duration of the vibration to vary arbitrarily from 0.5 to 10 seconds, preferably 0.5 - 5 seconds, or

b2) causing the duration of the vibration to vary arbitrarily at constant intervals of

selected duration from 0.5 to 10 seconds, preferably 0.5 - 5 seconds,

c) cl) causing the intervals between the vibrations to vary arbitrarily from 1 to 10 seconds, preferably 1-5 seconds, or

c2) causing the intervals between the vibrations to vary in a predetermined manner from 1 to 10 seconds, preferably 1-5 seconds.

In the case where the signal control comprises at least feature al), the signal unit 25 will also, according to a selected, supplementary operating mode dl) be able to cause the vibration to jump in duration or frequency and to be superimposed on or interact with stochastic noise.

In the case where the signal control comprises at least feature a2), the signal unit 25 will furthermore, according to a selected, supplementary operation mode d2), be able to cause the vibrations having different frequencies to jump in duration or frequency(s) and to be superimposed on or be interacting with stochastic noise.

In the case where the signal control includes at least feature al), the signal unit 25 will also, according to a selected, supplementary operating mode el), be able to cause the vibration strength of a selectively or stochastically selected frequency to be changed from vibration interval to vibration interval.

In the case where the signal control includes at least feature a2), the signal unit 25 will also, according to a selected, supplementary operating mode e2), be able to cause the vibration strength or respective vibration strength of the selectively or stochastically selected frequencies to be changed from vibration interval to vibration interval.

In the case where the signal control comprises at least features al), the signal unit 25 will also, according to a selected, supplementary operating mode fl) be able to cause the vibration strength of a selectively or stochastically selected frequency to be changed uniformly or stochastically during a vibration interval.

In the case where the signal control exhibits at least feature a2), the signal unit 25 will furthermore, according to a selected, supplementary operating mode f2), be able to cause the vibration strength or respective vibration strength of the selectively or stochastically selected frequencies to be changed uniformly or stochastically during a vibration interval.

Within the framework of the invention, there is the possibility that the signal unit 25, according to any selected operating mode or operating modes, by selecting another supplementary operating mode g) can cause the vibrator to emit, stochastically or at predetermined different times, vibration stimuli or vibration stimuli in cooperation with stochastic noise.

It is also possible, within the concept of the invention, to let the microprocessor 25, according to any selected operating mode or operating modes, by selecting another supplementary operating mode h) cause the vibration of stochastic type to cooperate with a vibration that has a constant low frequency in the area 5-60 Hz, preferably 10-20 Hz.

It will be understood that with a device according to the invention it is possible to add to one body part, stochastically or at predetermined different times, vibration stimuli or vibration stimuli in cooperation with stochastic noise.

However, the device could also be arranged to supply several body parts simultaneously, stochastically or at predetermined different times, vibration stimuli or vibration stimuli in conjunction with stochastic noise.

It has also been discovered that the best treatment effect is achieved if the device is designed to deliver said supply to the relevant body part or relevant body parts when the body part(s) is exposed to static or dynamic load.

Although the invention is shown and described in connection with use together with a vibration beam/vibration device 1 that affects a pair of ropes, it is within the scope of the invention to be able to affect one or more body parts with vibration equipment of a different type than what is shown and described here, as long as the criteria according to requirements 1 - 22 are satisfied. Although a currently usable vibrator type has been described, it will be understood that other, similar and suitable vibrator types, also commercially already available, will be able to be used.

Claims (23)

1. Procedure for controlling vibration equipment, where the vibration equipment has a vibration device that is designed to be brought into contact with at least one body part of a human or animal, the body part having at least one reduced or absent function, and where the vibration equipment by means of at least one vibrator which included in this is designed to cause the body part to be exposed to vibration in order to stimulate body function, characterized by signal control of said at least one vibrator to emit vibration of a stochastic type with at least one frequency, at least one amplitude and at least one defined vibration cycle as parameters, with at least one of the parameters having a parameter value selected from one of: stochastically selected value and stochastically varying value. 2. Method as stated in claim 1, characterized in that the signal control for vibration control of said at least one vibrator exhibits one feature, i.e. one operating mode, from at least two of the following features a) - c): a) al) to cause the current vibration frequency to is chosen selectively or arbitrarily from the vibration range 15 - 150 Hz, or a2) to choose at least two mutually different vibration frequencies from the range 15 - 150 Hz to selectively or arbitrarily act simultaneously, b) bl) to cause the duration of the vibration to vary arbitrarily from 0, 5 to 10 seconds, preferably 0.5 - 5 seconds, or b2) causing the duration of the vibration to vary arbitrarily at constant intervals of selected duration from 0.5 to 10 seconds, preferably 0.5 - 5 seconds, c) cl) causing the intervals between the vibrations to vary arbitrarily from 1 to 10 seconds, preferably 1-5 seconds, or c2) causing the intervals between the vibrations to vary in a predetermined manner from 1 to 10 seconds, preferably weld 1-5 seconds. 3. Method as stated in claim 2, where the signal control comprises at least feature al), characterized by selection of a supplementary operating mode dl) also causing the vibration to jump in duration or frequency and to be superimposed on or interact with stochastic noise. 4. Method as stated in claim 2, where the signal control comprises at least feature a2), characterized by the selection of a supplementary operating mode d2) also causing the vibrations that have different frequencies to jump in duration or frequency(s) and to be superimposed on or be interacting with stochastic noise. 5. Method as stated in claim 2 or 3, where the signal control includes at least feature al), characterized by selection of a supplementary operating mode el) also causing the vibration strength of a selectively or stochastically chosen frequency to be changed from vibration interval to vibration interval. 6. Method as stated in claim 2 or 4, where the signal control exhibits at least feature a2), characterized by the selection of a supplementary operating mode e2) also causing the vibration strength or respective vibration strength of the selectively or stochastically selected frequencies to be changed from vibration interval to vibration interval. 7. Method as stated in claim 2,3 or 5, where the signal control exhibits at least features al), characterized by the selection of a supplementary operating mode fl) also causing the vibration strength of a selectively or stochastically selected frequency to be changed uniformly or stochastically during a vibration interval. 8. Method as stated in claim 2, 4 or 6, where the signal control exhibits at least feature a2), characterized by selection of a supplementary operating mode f2) also causing the vibration strength or respective vibration strength of the selectively or stochastically selected frequencies to be changed evenly or stochastically during a vibration interval. 9. Method as specified in one of the claims 1-8, characterized by selection of another, supplementary operating mode g) to cause the vibrator to emit, stochastically or at predetermined different times, vibration stimuli or vibration stimuli in cooperation with stochastic noise. 10. Method as stated in at least one of claims 1-9, characterized by selection of another, supplementary operating mode h) causing the vibration of stochastic type to interact with a vibration that has a constant low frequency in the range 5-60 Hz, preferably 10 - 20 Hz. 11. Vibration device (1) for influencing at least one reduced or absent body function on at least one body part in humans or animals, where the body part is subjected to vibration by means of at least one vibrator (13; 14; 15) in the device in order to stimulate the body function, characterized by that the device is designed to, by means of said at least one vibrator (13; 14; 15), emit vibration of a stochastic type with at least one frequency, at least one amplitude and at least one defined vibration cycle as parameters, with at least one of the parameters having a parameter value selected from one of: stochastically selected value and stochastically varying value. 12. Vibration device (1) as stated in claim 11, characterized in that the device is designed to exhibit one feature, from at least two of the following selectable features a) - c) of the device: a) al) the device (1) is designed to select the current vibration frequency selectively or arbitrarily from the vibration range 15 - 150 Hz, or a2) the device (1) is arranged to exhibit at least two mutually different vibration frequencies which can be selected selectively or arbitrarily to act simultaneously, the frequencies being selected from the range 15-150 Hz, b) bl) the device (1) is arranged to vary the duration of the vibration arbitrarily from 0.5 to 10 seconds, preferably 0.5 - 5 seconds, or b2) the device (1) is arranged to vary the duration of the vibration is arbitrarily in constant intervals of selected duration from 0.5 to 10 seconds, preferably 0.5 - 5 seconds, c) cl) the device (1) is arranged to allow the intervals between the vibrations to vary arbitrarily from 1 to 10 seconds, preferably 1 -5 seconds, or c2) the device (1) is arranged to allow the intervals between the vibrations to vary in a predetermined manner from 1 to 10 seconds, preferably 1-5 seconds. 13. Vibration device (1) as stated in claim 12, where the device exhibits at least feature al), characterized by the supplementary feature dl) that the device (1) is designed to cause the vibration to jump in duration or frequency and be superimposed on or be interacting with stochastic noise. 14. Vibration device (1) as stated in claim 12 where the device exhibits at least feature a2), characterized by the supplementary feature d2) that the device (1) is designed to cause the vibrations that have different frequencies to jump in duration or frequency(s) and be superimposed on or interact with stochastic noise. 15. Vibration device (1) as stated in claim 12 or 13, where the device exhibits at least feature al), characterized by the supplementary feature el) that the device (1) is arranged to change the vibration strength of a selectively or stochastically chosen frequency from vibration interval to vibration interval . 16. Vibration device (1) as stated in claim 12 or 14 where the device exhibits at least feature a2), characterized by the supplementary feature e2) that the device (1) is designed to change the vibration strength or respective vibration strength of the selectively or stochastically selected frequencies from the vibration interval to vibration interval. 17. Vibration device (1) as stated in claim 12, 13 or 15, where the device exhibits at least feature al), characterized by the supplementary feature fl) that the device (1) is arranged to change the vibration strength of a selectively or stochastically chosen frequency evenly or stochastically during a vibration interval. 18. Vibration device (1) as specified in claim 12, 14 or 16, where the device exhibits at least feature a2), characterized by the supplementary feature f2) that the device (1) is designed to change the vibration strength or respective vibration strength of the selectively or stochastically selected frequencies uniformly or stochastically during a vibration interval. 19. Vibration device (1) as specified in one of claims 11 -17, characterized by the supplementary feature g) that it is designed to supply a body part, stochastically or at predetermined different times, vibration stimuli or vibration stimuli in conjunction with stochastic noise. 20. Vibration device (1) as stated in one of claims 11 -17, characterized by the supplementary feature g) that it is designed to supply several body parts simultaneously, stochastically or at predetermined different times, vibration stimuli or vibration stimuli in conjunction with stochastic noise. 21. Vibration device (1) as specified in at least one of claims 11 -19, characterized by the supplementary feature h) that the device (1) is designed to allow the vibration of a stochastic type to interact with a vibration that has a constant low frequency in the range 5 -60 Hz, preferably 10-20 Hz. 22. Vibration device (1) as specified in at least one of claims 11-21, characterized in that the device (1) is designed to deliver said supply to the relevant body part or relevant body parts when the body part(s) is exposed to load. 23. Vibration device (1) as stated in any one of claims 11 - 22, characterized in that it can be placed at a selected distance (L) from the relevant body part (12), that it cooperates with a training device (4) which has a pair of hanging ropes (2; 3) of adjustable length, where the ropes at the bottom are designed to cooperate with at least one body part (12), and that the device (1) has a housing (1') which has gripping devices (9; 10) for selective, releasable attachment to one of the respective ropes.