OT: Dodgy research?

On 2006-05-17, Tamyka Bell (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

Okay, it's way, way OT, but this came in my daily abstract listing, and
I couldn't help but giggle. The title sounds so formal...

Sipski, M. L., Alexander, C. J., Gomez-Marin, O., Grossbard, M. and
Rosen, R. (2005). Effects of vibratory stimulation on sexual response
in women with spinal cord injury. Journal of Rehabilitation Research
and Development 42, 609-616.

I wonder how they went about getting test subjects?

Too easy.

But I wanna see the grant writeup and ethics approval.

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TimC
Stapp's (of Murphy's law fame) Law: the universal aptitude for
ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle.

Tamyka Bell said:

Okay, it's way, way OT, but this came in my daily abstract listing, and
I couldn't help but giggle. The title sounds so formal...

Sipski, M. L., Alexander, C. J., Gomez-Marin, O., Grossbard, M. and
Rosen, R. (2005). Effects of vibratory stimulation on sexual response
in women with spinal cord injury. Journal of Rehabilitation Research
and Development 42, 609-616.

I wonder how they went about getting test subjects?

Tam

To read more on the historical aspects of this subject you could try:
http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title_pages/2867.html

or visit the vibrator museum pages such as:
http://www.vibratormuseum.com/electric/index.html
http://www.vibratormuseum.com/handcrank/index.html

P

--
Peter McCallum
Mackay Qld AUSTRALIA

Tamyka Bell said:

Okay, it's way, way OT, but this came in my daily abstract listing, and
I couldn't help but giggle. The title sounds so formal...

Sipski, M. L., Alexander, C. J., Gomez-Marin, O., Grossbard, M. and
Rosen, R. (2005). Effects of vibratory stimulation on sexual response
in women with spinal cord injury. Journal of Rehabilitation Research
and Development 42, 609-616.

I wonder how they went about getting test subjects?

Tam

As long as I get to look after the control group....

DeF

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