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- Title
Effects on leg muscular performance from whole-body vibration exercise: a systematic review.
- Authors
Rehn, B; Lidström, J; Skoglund, J; Lindström, B
- 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.
- Publication
Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports, 2007, Vol 17, Issue 1, p2
- ISSN
0905-7188
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1600-0838.2006.00578.x