Controlled whole body vibration to decrease fall risk and improve health-related quality of life of nursing home residents

Effects of Whole-Body Vibration and High-Impact Aerobic Training on Bone Metabolism and Body Balance in Premenopausal Women

“…WBV can be separated into two training stimuli: the reflex muscle contraction induced by vibration, and the body-weight exercise performed on the platform. As reported by previous studies [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17], the WBV stimulus is well-tolerated by both younger and older female subjects, and no adverse side effects have been reported. WBV at 25-45 Hz appears to be a safe and effective mode of enhancing muscular strength in variety of populations [3].…”

“…Other studies have reported the effects of resistance training [3], physical therapy [5], or routine exercise [2,7,9,11] with or without WBV. Most of them reported effects of WBV that were superior or equal to those of the other training.…”

“…Finally, von Stengel et al [14] concluded that training including WBV resulted in a significantly lower number of falls than experienced by the wellness control group. However, most of these studies included only postmenopausal women or occasionally both women and men [2,4,5,7,9]. To the best of our knowledge, only a couple of studies [15][16][17] have reported the effects of WBV on bone metabolism in healthy premenopausal women.…”

“…One potentially effective lifestyle approach for achieving this goal is exercise, which is a low-cost, nonpharmacologic intervention that is available to the vast majority of the population. Whole-body vibration (WBV), defined as exercise performed with the body in contact with a vibrating platform, is new type of exercise that has been increasingly performed to prevent bone fractures and osteoporosis mainly in frail people [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]. WBV can be separated into two training stimuli: the reflex muscle contraction induced by vibration, and the body-weight exercise performed on the platform.…”

Effect of Whole-Body Vibration Exercise on Balance in Women with Fibromyalgia Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Trial

“…28 Some authors have reported an improvement in balance after 6 or 8 weeks of WBV training combined with physical therapy in elderly people. 25,29,30 A recent study also reported that twice-weekly mixed WBV exercises and landbased exercise lowered pain scores and fatigue ratings in individuals with FM. 7 The group in the current study has also found improvements in functional capacity and quality of life with a 6-week traditional exercise program supplemented with WBV.…”