In the authors' words
“After 6 months of the WBV exercise, the indices for flexibility, body balance, and walking velocity were significantly improved in the exercise group compared with the control group.”
What was measured
- Balance and falls Reported an improvement
- Fitness Reported an improvement
About the study
- Type
- Randomised trial
- Who took part
- Postmenopausal, low bone density
- How many
- 52
- How long
- 26 weeks
- Exercise
- Whole-body vibration
- Cited
- 23 times, per Europe PMC
- PubMed ID
- 22947545
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Similar studies
- Postmenopausal women did 24 weeks of whole body vibration or resistance training; vibration increased hip bone density and muscle strength, while resistance training and controls showed no bone density change.
- A network meta-analysis of 26 trials found whole-body vibration, balance, balance plus nutrition, and resistance exercise improved balance scores in perimenopausal and early postmenopausal women.
- Untrained postmenopausal women did 8 months of whole-body vibration or walking, with vibration increasing hip bone density and balance more than walking, while spine bone density was unchanged in both.
- In 151 postmenopausal women over 18 months, a combined exercise program increased lumbar spine bone density, and adding whole body vibration lowered the number of falls but not bone density further.