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A pilot study comparing the user preference of different forms of mechanical vibration

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Abbreviations

VADs:

Vibratory anesthetic devices

LAIs:

Local anesthetic injectors

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Acknowledgements

The authors wish to thank the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center for the receival of the Research Scholar Award funded by the Brian Werbel Memorial Fund; Dr. Jeremy Bordeaux, Dr. Christina Wong, and Ms. Susan McDicken from the University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Department of Dermatology.

Funding

This study was funded by the Brian Werbel Memorial Fund Research Scholar Award.

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  1. Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Caroline M. Wilkowski, Alexander K. Maytin & Bryan T. Carroll

  2. Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Roberta L. Klatzky

  3. Department of Dermatology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Bryan T. Carroll

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Contributions

All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation and data collection were performed by CW. Data analysis was performed by CW, AM, and RK. CW prepared Tables 1, 2. The first draft of the manuscript was written by CW and all authors commented on subsequent versions of the manuscript. BC oversaw study conception and manuscript preparation. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Correspondence to Caroline M. Wilkowski.

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Approval was obtained from the ethics committee of University Hospitals. The procedures used in this study adhere to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki.

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Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.

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Wilkowski, C.M., Maytin, A.K., Klatzky, R.L. et al. A pilot study comparing the user preference of different forms of mechanical vibration. Arch Dermatol Res 316, 69 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00403-023-02797-x

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