Whole Body Vibration Expedites and Improves Recovery of Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Rupture and Subsequent Arthroscopic Reconstructive Surgery.

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When the body makes a neurological change in motor learning/skill development, precise repetition is required and with whole body vibration, vibration precision is key to effectiveness.

Whole body vibration improves heart function, helping treat pre-hypertension and hypertension.

This study shows that Whole Body Vibration training may have the potential to reduce Visceral Adipose Tissue more than aerobic exercise in obese adults, possibly making it a meaningful addition to future weight loss programs.

This review article concluded that adding whole body vibration to an exercise program caused greater improvements in muscle strength and countermovement jump performance.

This pilot study of spinal cord injured people showed significantly improved walking speed, cadence and step length with whole body vibration. These effects may persist for some time following whole body vibration use.

This blinded, randomized controlled trial of 25 people examined the effects of a single session of whole body vibration in motor incomplete spinal cord injury. The results suggest that even a single session of whole body vibration can result in short term increases in strength.

This study examined the effects of whole body vibration on spasticity in spinal cord injury. Improvements in spasticity was noted following treatment and the effects persisted for at least eight days.

Whole body vibration resulted in a decrease in spasticity in lasting 6-8 days after the last vibration session

This crossover study of 68 Parkinson’s patients examined the effect of whole body vibration on motor symptoms. There was a highly significant improvement in motor scores with whole body vibration treatment, with improvement in tremor and rigidity scores.

A randomized controlled study of 40 patients following ACL reconstruction with one group using whole body vibration and another using traditional post operative exercise showed no difference in outcomes despite a 50% reduction in time spent exercising with whole body vibration, suggesting a significantly more efficient training approach with whole body vibration. In addition, the whole body vibration group showed significantly better results in the stability test.

This review examined different forms of proprioceptive training. Improvements associated with vibration are noted.