EVOLUTIONS IN VIBRATION
Accelerate Results Through Vibration
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New Trends in Training Science: The use of vibrations for enhancing performance. (Bosco et al.) |
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Muscle Stimulation for 2 min per week for a total amount of 108 min in year stimulated the biological systems of athletes to perform in the same way as a strength training or explosive training program. Vibration can be applied in a much shorter period of time than traditional training methods and produce the same results. Subject saw remarkable and significant enhancement of the height and mechanical power of the best jump. |
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Strength gain Following 12 Weeks of whole Body Vibration Training. (Roelants Et al.) |
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After 12 weeks of vibration 3/week isometric knee extensor strength increased significantly in both groups. Vibration has the potential to induce a significant strength gain in the knee extensor to the same degree or greater than a regular high resistance training program. 35-40 Hz, 3 x wk, 12 weeks. Isometric knee extensor strength increased significantly in both groups. Potential to induce a significant strength gain in knee extensors and this to the same extent as regular high resistance training. |
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Vibration Training: An Overview of the Area, Training Consequences, and Future Considerations. (Jordan et al.). |
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Following the 21-day training block, force production measured on the isometric leg press increased by 43% over the initial value and vertical jump also increased from 38.9 to 47.8cm. Lieberman and Issurin evaluated the effects of vibration applied to the upper extremities and found that a 3-week training period of vibration during the seated row resulted in an average increase in 49.8% in strength compared with 16.1% increased in strength for the training group not exposed to vibrations. |
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Adaptive Responses of Human Skeletal Muscle to Vibration Exposure. (Bosco et al.) |
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Results showed remarkable and statistical enhancement of the experimental treatment in average velocity, average force, and average power. Consequently, the velocity-force and power-force relationship shifted to the right after the treatment. In conclusion, it was affirmed that the enhancement could be caused by neural factors, as athletes were well accustomed to the leg press exercise and the learning effect was minimized. |
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Influence of Vibration on Mechanical Power and Electro-myogram Activity in Human Arm Flexor Muscles. (Bosco et al.). |
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The results showed statistically significant enhancement of the average power in the arm treated with vibrations as well as significant increases in neural efficiency. The analysis of EMG recorded before the treatment and during the treatment itself showed an enormous increase n neural activity during vibrations up to more than twice the baseline values. This would indicate that this type of treatment is able to stimulate the neuromuscular system more than other treatments used to improve neuromuscular properties. |
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Strength increase after whole-body vibration compared with resistance training. (Delecluse C, Roelants M, Verschueren S.) |
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After a 12 week whole body vibration training program, it was concluded that whole body vibration, and the reflexive muscle contraction it provokes, has the potential to induce strength gains in knee extensors of previously untrained females. |
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Effect of vibratory stimulation training on maximal force and flexibility. Issurin VB, Liebermann DG, Tenenbaum |
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Trained participants found that maximal strength increased by 49.8%, and flexibility in a two leg split increased by 14.5cm over control groups. |
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Effect of four-month vertical whole body vibration on performance and balance. (Torvinen S. et al) |
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Results showed than vibration intervention induced an 8.5% net improvement in the jump height and lower-limb extension strength increased by 3.7% in 2 months over control groups. |
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High-frequency vibration training increases muscle power in postmenopausal women. (Russo C.R. et al) |
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Results showed that the reflex muscular contractions induced by vibration training improved muscle power. |
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Effect of four-month vertical whole body vibration on performance and balance (Torvinen, et al). |
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Results showed that whole body vibration induced an 8.5% net improvement in the jump height. Lower limb extension strength increased by 3.7% in 2 months. |
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Effect of a vibration exposure on muscular performance and body balance. Randomized cross-over study (Torvinen et al.) |
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We have shown in this study that a single bout of whole body vibration transiently improves muscle performance of lower extremities and body balance in young healthy adults. |
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2. Circulation
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The role of vibratory massage on treating delayed onset muscle soreness (Floris et al.) |
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Vibration massage therapy helped to decreased delayed onset muscle soreness post run. The control group reported significantly higher perceptions of muscle soreness than the treatment group by 24 hours and 48 hours post run. |
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3. Gait Pattern in Elderly
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Balance Training and Exercise in Geriatric Patients. (Runge et al.) |
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The vibration training group reached mean performance gains in chair rising of 18%; strikingly different to the constant values of the controls. |
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Controlled whole body vibration to decrease fall risk and improve health related quality of life of nursing home residents. |
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The vibration intervention group improved by a mean 2.4 points on the gait score compared with no change in the control, and improved 3.5 points on the body balance score compared with a decrease in the control group. |
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Vibration therapy improves walk, balance in elderly (Mann).
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Patients in the vibration group showed.
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4. Neuromuscular
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New Trends in Training Science: The use of vibrations for enhancing performance. (Bosco et al.) |
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EMG values increase 200% from baseline. |
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Acute changes in neuromuscular excitability after exhaustive whole body vibration exercise as compared to exhaustion by squatting exercise. |
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Vibration appears to elicit an alteration in neuromuscular recruitment patters, which apparently enhance neuromuscular excitability. |
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Spinal Cord Injury “Motor rehabilitation of spinal cord dysfunction by means of whole body vibration” (Gianutsos et al.). |
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Whole body vibration represents a promising modality for use in the rehabilitation of persons with motor dysfunction of spinal origin. In our sample, WBV successfully induced reflex standing in all 3 patients and standing was followed by ambulation in 2 cases. |
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5. Jump Training
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The Influence of Whole Body Vibration on Jumping Performance. (Bosco et al.) |
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Marked significant improvements were noted in group E in the power output and height of the best jump, and mean jump height in continuous jumping for 5 seconds by 12%. |
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Effect of 8-Month vertical whole body vibration on bone, muscle performance, and body balance: a randomized controlled study. (Kannus et al.) |
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Subjects in the vibration group showed 7.8% net benefit in the vertical jump height when compared to the control group. |
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6. Osteoporosis
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The Anabolic Activity of Bone Tissue, Suppressed by Disuse, is Normalized by Brief Exposure to Extremely Low-Magnitude Mechanical Stimuli. (Rubin et al.) |
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Disuse alone reduced Bone Formation Rates, a suppression only slightly curbed when disuse was interrupted by 10 min of weight bearing. In contrast, disuse interrupted by 10 min per day of low level mechanical intervention (vibration) normalized Bone Formation Rate to values seen in age match controls. |
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Biomechanical Countermeasure for Disuse Osteopenia. (Rubin Et al.) |
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Mechanical signals though vibration will inhibit the bone loss which typically parallels disuse, even though 10 min of full weight bearing failed to curb this loss. Longer-term experiments in sheep have shown this stimulus to be strongly anabolic, increasing bone mineral density, trabecular number and connectivity, and improving bone strength. |
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Effect of 6-month Whole Body Vibration Training on Hip Density, Muscle strength, and Postural Control in Postmenopausal Women: A randomized Controlled Pilot Study. (Verschueren Et al.) |
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Vibration training improved isometric and dynamic muscle strength and also significantly increased BMD of the hip. |
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7. Lower Back
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Treatment of Chronic Lower Back Pain with Lumbar Extension and Whole Body Vibration Exercise. (Rittweger et al.) |
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A significant and comparable reduction in chronic lower back pain sensation and pain related disability was observed in both groups. Lumbar extension torque increased significantly in the vibration exercise group. |
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8. Hormonal
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New Trends in Training Science: The use of vibrations for enhancing performance. (Bosco et al.) |
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Enhanced jumping performance, increase in neuron-muscular activity, significant increases in serum Testosterone and a reduction in Cortisol concentration were seem after exercise with the use of vibration. |
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Hormonal response to whole body vibration in men. (Bosco et al.) |
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The results showed a significant increase in the plasma concentration of Testosterone and Growth Hormone, whereas Cortisol levels decreased. An increase in the mechanical power output of the leg extensor muscles was observed. Neuromuscular efficiency improved. |
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