The effects of whole body vibration on static balance, spinal curvature, pain, and disability of patients with low back pain

Abstract

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of whole body vibration (WBV) on static balance, spinal curvature, pain, and the disability of patients with chronic lower back pain. [Subjects and Methods] The subjects were of 40 patients, who were randomly assigned to WBV and control groups. Twenty-five minutes of lumbar stability training and 5 minutes of WBV were conducted for the WBV group, and 30 minutes of lumbar stability training was conducted for the control group. The training was conducted three times per week for a total of 6 weeks. Static balance, spinal curvature, pain, and disability were measured before and after the intervention. [Results] After the intervention, the WBV group showed a significant differences in static balance, spinal curvature, pain, and disability. The control group presented significant differences in pain, and disability. In the comparison of the two groups, the WBV group showed more significant improvements in the fall index and pain. [Conclusion] WBV can be recommended for the improvement of the balance ability and pain of chronic lower back pain patients.

Effects of Whole Body Vibration exercise on Lumbar-Abdominal Muscles Activation for patients with chronic low back pain

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Mechanische Schwingungstherapie in der Orthopädischen Rehabilitation

“…Es wird über eine optimierte Regeneration nach körperlichem Training [7,[19][20][21], eine gesteigerte Muskelfunktion [22][23][24] und ein verbessertes Gleichgewicht [25][26][27][28][29][30][31] berichtet. Häufige klinische WBV-Anwendungen mit orthopädischen Hintergrund sind v. a. bei älteren PatientInnen und Frauen mit Osteoporose, Arthritis, Frakturen, Rücken-/Hüft-/Kniebeschwerden, neurologischen Erkrankungen oder Schmerzen zu finden, um die neuromuskuläre Leistungsfähigkeit, Stabilität und Mobilität positiv zu beeinflussen [8,[32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39].…”

Effects of vibration therapy in the musculoskeletal system in post-surgical breast cancer women: longitudinal controlled clinical study

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“…Recent studies recommend the use of vibration therapy to relieve manifestations of pain and functional impairment (Aman et al, 2015;Yang and Seo, 2015), attenuate of muscle tension and muscle soreness (Veqar and Imtiyaz, 2014), fix neurological disorders (Silva et al, 2011), improve balance and proprioception (Martínez et al, 2013) and improve cardiovascular conditions (Naghii et al, 2012).…”