This randomized controlled trial investigated the effects of a 12 month whole body vibration training program on postural control in healthy older adults. Two hundred and twenty people were randomly assigned to a whole body vibration group (n=94), a fitness group (n=60) or a control group (n=66). The whole body vibration and fitness groups trained three times a week for 1 year. The vibration group performed exercises on a vibration platform and the fitness group performed cardiovascular, strength, balance and stretching exercises. Balance was measured using dynamic computerized posturography at baseline and after 6 and 12 months. Whole body vibration training was associated with reduced falls frequency on a moving platform when vision was disturbed and improvements in the response to toes down rotations at the ankle induced by the moving platform. The fitness group showed reduced falls frequency on the moving surface when vision was disturbed. Thus, whole body vibration training may improve some aspects of postural control in community dwelling older individuals.
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
|---|---|
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2006.09.078 | DOI Listing |
Publication Analysis
Top Keywords
Similar Publications
Vibration discomfort of supine human body exposed to whole-body vibration: effect of vibration direction and magnitude.
Ergonomics
December 2024
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Lecco, Italy.
Supine postures are increasingly adopted in medical transport, long-duration flights, and other healthcare environments. This study is aimed to identify the effect of vibration direction and magnitude on the objective and subjective responses of the human body in a supine posture. The transmissibilities to the head, chest, abdomen, and thighs of 12 male subjects were measured with single-axis random vibrations in longitudinal ( axis), lateral ( axis), and vertical ( axis) direction at 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDisentangling collective coupling in vibrational polaritons with double quantum coherence spectroscopy.
J Chem Phys
December 2024
Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova University Center, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
Vibrational polaritons are formed by strong coupling of molecular vibrations and photon modes in an optical cavity. Experiments have demonstrated that vibrational strong coupling can change molecular properties and even affect chemical reactivity. However, the interactions in a molecular ensemble are complex, and the exact mechanisms that lead to modifications are not fully understood yet.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDeaf futurity: designing and innovating hearing aids.
Med Humanit
December 2024
History, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA
One of the tenets of a posthuman vision is the eradication of disability through technology. Within this site of 'no future', as Alison Kafer describes, the disabled body is merged with artificial intelligence technology or transformed into a prosthetic superhuman. These imaginative possibilities are materialised in a future-oriented mindset in contemporary technological innovation, including hearing aids and other devices-such as vibrating vests to 'feel sounds' or sign language gloves, what design critic Liz Jackson defines as 'disability dongles'-designed to bypass deafness that simultaneously provide a 'cure' and create a 'post-deaf reality'.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUpper extremity function and disability recovery with vibration therapy after stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis of RCTs.
J Neuroeng Rehabil
December 2024
National Center for Geriatrics and Welfare Research, National Health Research Institutes, No. 8, Xuefu W. Rd., Huwei Township, Yunlin County, 63247, Taiwan (R.O.C.).
Background: This study aimed to investigate the therapeutic effects of vibration therapy for improving upper extremity motor impairment, function, and disability recovery in people with stroke.
Design: We followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis guidelines. PubMed, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library Database, Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro), China Knowledge Resource Integrated Database, and Google Scholar were searched from inception to May 31, 2024.
Unraveling Hydration Shell Dynamics and Viscosity Effects Around Cyanamide Probes via 2D IR Spectroscopy.
J Am Chem Soc
December 2024
Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada 89557, United States.
Hydration dynamics and solvent viscosity play critical roles in the structure and function of biomolecules. An overwhelming body of evidence suggests that protein and membrane fluctuations are closely linked to solvent fluctuations. While extensive research exists on the use of vibrational probes to detect local interactions and solvent dynamics, fewer studies have explored how the behavior of these reporters changes in response to bulk viscosity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWant AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!