Effects on leg muscular performance from whole-body vibration exercise: a systematic review.

Full Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects on leg muscular performance from whole-body vibration exercise. Literature search was performed on the databases Pubmed, Cinahl, ISI web of science (Sci-expanded, SSCI) and Embase (Rehab & Physical Med). Rating of 19 relevant studies was performed (14 on long-term exercise and five on short-term exercise) using a score system for the methodological quality. Several randomized-controlled trial studies of high to moderate quality show similar improvements from long-term regimen on muscular performance in the legs after a period of whole-body vibration exercise. As there were few studies on short-term exercise and as they had no control groups, the same convincing improvements regarding muscular performance were not achieved. Preliminarily, there is strong to moderate evidence that long-term whole-body vibration exercise can have positive effects on the leg muscular performance among untrained people and elderly women. There is no clear evidence for effects on muscular performance after short-term vibration stimuli.

Author information

Author/s: Rehn, B (B); Lidström, J (J); Skoglund, J (J); Lindström, B (B);

Affiliation: Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Division of Physiotherapy, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden. borje.rehn(-atsign-)physiother.umu.se

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Review

Journal: Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports (Scand J Med Sci Sports), published in Denmark. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2007-Feb; vol 17 (issue 1) : pp 2-11

Dates: Created 2007/02/19; Completed 2007/04/03;

PMID: 16903900, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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