Effect of Whole-Body Vibration on Sagittal Plane Running Mechanics in Individuals With Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Randomized Crossover Trial

Whole‐Body Vibration for Individuals with Reconstructed Anterior Cruciate Ligament: A Systematic Review

“…Detailed description and results of the included studies are presented in Table 1. Seven out of ten studies were designed as randomized controlled trials [14,15,[29][30][31][32][33], and three were designed as randomized crossover trials [16,34,35]. Four studies analysed the effects of a single session of WBV [16,34,35], and six studies analysed the effects of WBV programs with a minimum of two weeks (10 sessions) [33] and a maximum of ten weeks (30-40 sessions) [29].…”

“…Seven out of ten studies were designed as randomized controlled trials [14,15,[29][30][31][32][33], and three were designed as randomized crossover trials [16,34,35]. Four studies analysed the effects of a single session of WBV [16,34,35], and six studies analysed the effects of WBV programs with a minimum of two weeks (10 sessions) [33] and a maximum of ten weeks (30-40 sessions) [29]. Four studies investigated the effects of WBV and other programs [14,30,32,33], and six investigated the effects of WBV alone [15,16,29,31,34,35].…”

“…Four studies analysed the effects of a single session of WBV [16,34,35], and six studies analysed the effects of WBV programs with a minimum of two weeks (10 sessions) [33] and a maximum of ten weeks (30-40 sessions) [29]. Four studies investigated the effects of WBV and other programs [14,30,32,33], and six investigated the effects of WBV alone [15,16,29,31,34,35]. Only three studies had follow-up assessments at 1 week after the intervention [33], 3 months after the intervention [30], and one month after the intervention [32].…”

“…Most studies included male and female patients; however, Moezy et al [31] and da Costa et al [15] included only male subjects, Costantino, Bertuletti, and Romiti [14] have included only female participants and [32] have not stated the gender of the participants. In general, the sample size was small, ranging between 20 participants [16,[33][34][35] and 48 participants [30]. Studies evidenced a low attrition rate.…”

“…A type exercise that can be used to an effective management of individuals with ACL injuries comprises the use of mechanical vibration generated in a vibrating platform (VP) that is transmitted to an individual standing over the VP. This modality is called whole-body vibration (WBV) [14][15][16].…”