SIR—Brooke-Wavell and Mansfield rightly point out that whole body vibration exercise may prove useful for older people who cannot perform conventional exercise [1]. Perhaps its greatest attraction to clinicians is that it involves minimal active movement by the participant, such that it has potential for use in the rehabilitation of very immobile patients who are not improving with more convent...

Objective. To review the literature on the effects of whole-body vibration therapy in patients with fibromyalgia. Design. Systematic literature review. Patients. Patients with fibromyalgia. Methods. An electronic search of the literature in four medical databases was performed to identify studies on whole-body vibration therapy that were published up to the 15th of January 2015. Results. Eight ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The long-term effects of 6-weeks whole-body vibration, as a novel method of somatosensory stimulation, on postural control and activities of daily living were compared with those of 6 weeks of exercise therapy on music of the same intensity in the postacute phase of stroke. METHODS Fifty-three patients with moderate to severe functional disabilities were randomized with...

Many people are exposed to whole-body vibration (WBV) in their occupational lives, especially drivers of vehicles such as tractor and trucks. The main categories of effects from WBV are perception degraded comfort interference with activities-impaired health and occurrence of motion sickness. Absorbed power is defined as the power dissipated in a mechanical system as a result of an applied forc...

whole body vibration can deteriorate health bringing about or back pain or spinal column injury, resulted from continuing exposure to vibration. also exposure to vibration can cause disorder in central nervous system and adversely influence vascular and skeletal systems. in this research, the vibration of universal 650m tractor seat and its effect on the operator in five levels of engine speeds...

The aim of this study was to analyze electromyography (EMG) responses of vastus lateralis muscle to different whole-body vibration frequencies. For this purpose, 16 professional women volleyball players (age, 23.9 +/- 3.6 years; height, 182.5 +/- 11.1 cm; weight, 78.4 +/- 5.6 kg) voluntarily participated in the study. Vibration treatment was administered while standing on a vibrating platform w...

Interest in human responses to whole-body vibration has grown, particularly due to the increasing usage of vehicles, e.g. cars, trucks, and helicopters etc. Another reason for growing interest in recent years is the importance of the vibrations generated by the performance of music for multimedia reproduction systems. There is a strong relationship between the frequency of the auditory stimulus...

Recent studies have suggested that vibration therapy may have a positive influence on motor symptoms in individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD). However, quantitative evidence of these benefits is scarce, and the concept of "whole-body" vibration in these studies is vague. The objectives of the current study were to evaluate the influence of vibration on motor symptoms and functional measures...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to determine exposure to whole-body vibration (WBV) and mechanical shock in rural workers who use quad bikes and to explore how personal, physical, and workplace characteristics influence exposure. METHODS A seat pad mounted triaxial accelerometer and data logger recorded full workday vibration and shock data from 130 New Zealand rural workers. Persona...