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Listed below are common conditions that have clinical benefits resulting from Whole Body Vibration therapy and/or Vibration Exercise. Each condition is followed by studies and findings. These are completely independent of Power Step USA and OMG Int’l Fitness Division. These studies are published in various medical journals and other research based publications.
Many of these can be found on PubMed Central (PMC), the U.S. National Library of Medicine's digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature, providing free access to the full text of articles.
PubMed can be found at the following link:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pmc
Blottner D, Salanova M, Póttmann B, et al. Human skeletal muscle structure and function preserved by vibration muscle exercise following 55 days of bed rest. Eur J Appl Physiol. 2006;97:261–271.
Rittweger J., Felsenberg D.: Resistive vibration exercise prevents bone loss during 8 weeks of strict bed rest in healthy male subjects: results from the Berlin Bed Rest (BBR) study, 26th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research; October 2004; Seattle
Low-frequency vibratory exercise reduces the risk of bone fracture more than walking: a randomized controlled trial
Narcís Gusi, Armando Raimundo, and Alejo Leal
BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2006; 7: 92. Published online 2006 November 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-7-92.
Alentorn-Geli E Padilla J Moras G Lázaro Haro C Fernández-Solà J (2008) Six weeks of whole-body vibration exercise improves pain and fatigue in women with fibromyalgia Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine 14(8):975-81
Roelants M, Delecluse C, Verschueren SM.: Whole-body-vibration training increases knee-extension strength and speed of movement in older women, J Am Geriatr Soc. 2004 Jun;52(6):901-8
Delecluse C, Roelants M, Diels R, Koninckx E, Verschueren S.: Effects of whole body vibration training on muscle strength and sprint performance in sprint-trained athletes, Int J Sports Med. 2005
Oct;26(8):662-8
Cochrane D.J., Stannard S.R.: "Acute whole body vibration training increases vertical jump and flexibility performance in elite female field hockey players", British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2005, Vol. 39, S. 860-865, PMID 16244199
Side-Alternating Vibration Training Improves Muscle Performance in a Patient with Late-Onset Pompe Disease
Aneal Khan, Barbara Ramage, Ion Robu, and Laura Benard
Case Report Med. 2009; 2009: 741087. Published online 2009 May 25. doi: 10.1155/2009/741087.
PMCID: PMC2729289
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Improvement of Stance Control and Muscle Performance Induced by Focal Muscle Vibration in Young-Elderly Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Guido M. Filippi, Orazio Brunetti, Fabio M. Botti, Roberto Panichi, Mauro Roscini, Filippo Camerota, Matteo Cesari, Vito E. Pettorossi
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
December 2009 (Vol. 90, Issue 12, Pages 2019-2025)
Vibration training intervention to maintain cartilage thickness and serum concentrations of cartilage oligometric matrix protein (COMP) during immobilization , 05 October 2009
A.-M. Liphardt, A. Mündermann, S. Koo, N. Bäcker, T.P. Andriacchi, J. Zange, J. Mester, M. Heer Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
^ Mahieu NN, Witvrouw E, Van de Voorde D, Michilsens D, Arbyn V, Van den Broecke W: "Improving strength and postural control in young skiers: whole-body vibration versus equivalent resistance training", J Athl Train. 2006 Jul-Sep;41(3):286-93,
^ Bogaerts A, Verschueren S, Delecluse C, Claessens AL, Boonen S.: Effects of whole body vibration training on postural control in older individuals: a 1 year randomized controlled trial, Gait Posture. 2007 Jul;26(2):309-16. Epub 2006 Oct 30, PMID 17074485
Another immediate effect of WBV is an improvement of circulation. The rapid contraction and relaxation of the muscles at 20 to 50 times per second basically works as a pump on the blood vessels and lymphatic vessels, increasing the speed of the blood flow through the body (Kerschan-Schindl et al. 2001 [21]; Lohman et al. 2007 [22]). Subjects often experience this as a tingling, prickling, warm sensation in the skin. Both Stewart (2005 [23]) and Oliveri (1989 [24]) describe the appearance of vasodilatation (widening of the blood vessels) as a result of vibration, which leads to more circulation with less restricion.
- Lohman EB 3rd, Petrofsky JS, Maloney-Hinds C, Betts-Schwab H, Thorpe D.: "The effect of whole body vibration on lower extremity skin blood flow in normal subjects", Med Sci Monit. 2007 Feb;13(2):CR71-6,
- ^ Stewart JM, Karman C, Montgomery LD, McLeod KJ.: "Plantar vibration improves leg fluid flow in perimenopausal women", Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2005 Mar;288(3):R623-9. Epub 2004 Oct 7,
- ^ Oliveri DJ, Lynn K, Hong CZ.: Increased skin temperature after vibratory stimulation, Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 1989 Apr;68(2):81-5, \
Efficiency of vibration exercise for glycemic control in type 2 diabetes patients
Klaus Baum, Tim Votteler, and Jürgen Schiab
Int J Med Sci. 2007; 4(3): 159–163. Published online 2007 May 31.
PMCID: PMC1885552
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Whole-body vibration slows the acquisition of fat in mature female rats
GF Maddalozzo, UT Iwaniec, RT Turner, CJ Rosen, and JJ Widrick
Int J Obes (Lond) Author manuscript; available in PMC 2009 September 1.
PMCID: PMC2586051
Published in final edited form as: Int J Obes (Lond). 2008 September; 32(9): 1348–1354. Published online 2008 July 29. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2008.111.
Influence of vibration on delayed onset of muscle soreness following eccentric exercise
Amir H Bakhtiary, Ziaeddin Safavi‐Farokhi, and Atefeh Aminian‐Far
Br J Sports Med. 2007 March; 41(3): 145–148. Published online 2006 November 29. doi: 10.1136/bjsm.2006.031278.
PMCID: PMC2465226
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