High-frequency whole-body vibration improves balancing ability in elderly women
| Autor: | Kwong Man Lee, Pan Ching Sze, Ling Qin, Kwok-Sui Leung, Wing-Hoi Cheung, Hoi Wa Mok |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Treatment protocol medicine.medical_treatment Movement Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Physical exercise Limits of stability Vibration law.invention Randomized controlled trial law medicine Whole body vibration Humans Prospective Studies Prospective cohort study Muscle Skeletal Postural Balance Balance (ability) Aged Rehabilitation Physical therapy Accidental Falls Female Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation. 88(7) |
| ISSN: | 0003-9993 |
| Popis: | Cheung W-H, Mok H-W, Qin L, Sze P-C, Lee K-M, Leung K-S. High-frequency whole-body vibration im- proves balancing ability in elderly women. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2007;88:852-7. Objective: To investigate the efficacy of high-frequency whole-body vibration (WBV) on balancing ability in elderly women. Design: Randomized controlled trial. Subjects were random- ized to either the WBV intervention or the no-treatment control group. Setting: Community-living elderly women. Participants: Sixty-nine elderly women aged 60 or above without habitual exercise. Intervention: Side alternating WBV at 20Hz with 3 minutes a day and 3 days a week for 3 months in the WBV intervention group. Those in control group remained sedentary with normal daily life for the whole study period. Main Outcome Measures: Limits of stability in terms of reaction time, movement velocity, directional control, endpoint excursion, maximum excursion, and the functional reach test were performed at baseline and endpoint. Results: Significant enhancement of stability was detected in movement velocity (P.01), maximum point excursion (P.01), in directional control (P.05). Conclusions: WBV was effective in improving the balanc- ing ability in elderly women. This also provides evidence to support our user-friendly WBV treatment protocol of 3 minutes a day for the elderly to maintain their balancing ability and reduce risks of fall. |
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