Relevance of Whole Body Vibration Exercise in Sport: A Short Review With Soccer, Diver and Combat Sport

Abstract

Background:Whole body vibration exercise (WBVE) has been used as a safe and accessible exercise and important reviews have been published about the use of this exercise to manage diseases and to improve physical conditions of athletes The aim of this paper is to highlight the relevance of WBVE to soccer players, divers and combat athletes.Material and methods:This study was made through a systematic review of publications involving WBVE and the selected sports in two databases (Pubmed and PEDRo).Results:It were identified 10 studies involving WBVE and sports (6 of soccer, 2 of diving and 2 of sport combat) with 156 subjects (80 soccer players, 32 divers and 44 combat athletes), with age from 17 to 44 years old.Conclusion:The use of WBVE has proven to be a safe and useful strategy to improve the physical conditions of players of different sports. These findings may have clinical relevance and should be considered as a strategy to be used to try improve the physical conditions of players.

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“…1 Whole-body vibration exercise is a safe modality to increase muscular activity and muscle performance in athletes and healthy participants due to the characteristics of the vibration stimulation generated during the exercise. [1][2][3] Whole-body vibration exercise could represent an effective exercise intervention for enhancing neuromuscular performance in well-trained and healthy people, probably due to the need for quickly modulating muscle stiffness to accommodate the vibratory waves. 4 Although literature suggests that acute effects of WBVE can enhance upper and lower body muscle power, 2 most studies regarding this type of exercise have focused on the lower extremities, and little has been studied regarding the optimal posture for training the upper extremities.…”