Is whole-body vibration beneficial for seniors?

Whole Body Vibration

Whole Body Vibration Overview

Whole Body Vibration Training

This evidence-based review summarises information on the effectiveness and safety Whole Body Vibration across a range of populations for varying purposes. It is not intended to replace clinical judgement or to be used as a clinical protocol. A reasonable attempt has been made to find and review papers relevant to the focus of this report. It does not claim to be exhaustive. This document has be...

Whole-Body Vibration for Diabetic Patients

305 Received September 11, 2013; revised and accepted November 26, 2013. Published online December 14, 2013; doi: 10.1620/tjem.231.305. Correspondence: Changho Song, P.T., Ph.D., Department of Physical Therapy, Sahmyook University, 26-21 Gongneung 2-dong, Nowon-gu, Seoul 139-742, Republic of Korea. e-mail: [email protected] Whole-Body Vibration Training Improves Balance, Muscle Strength and Glyc...

Discomfort in Whole-body Vibration

A new methodology for objective evaluation of discomfort in whole-body vibration (WBV) is introduced in this work. The proposed objective discomfort characterizes discomfort based on the relative motion between adjacent segments of the human body from neutral positions. It peaks when the joints reach their limits. The objective discomfort has been tested on five subjects in the fore-aft directi...