Effects of a short-term whole body vibration intervention on physical fitness in elderly people |
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| Authors: | A. Gómez-Cabello A. González-Agüero I. Ara J.A. Casajús G. Vicente-Rodríguez |
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| Affiliation: | 1. GENUD “Growth, Exercise, NUtrition and Development” Research Group, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain;2. Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences (FCSD), Department of Physiatry and Nursing, University of Zaragoza, Ronda Misericordia 5, 22001 Huesca, Spain;3. GENUD Toledo Research Group, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Toledo, Spain;1. Aegean Maternity and Women''s Health Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Izmir, Turkey;2. Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, Izmir, Turkey;1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sahlgren''s Academy, University of Göteborg, 416 85 Göteborg, Sweden;2. Novo Nordisk Scandinavia AB, Box 505 87, 202 15 Malmö, Sweden;3. Incentive Partners, Holte Stationsvej 14, 2840 Holte, Denmark;4. Novo Nordisk Inc., 100 College Road West, Princeton, NJ 08540, United States;1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Granada, Granada, Spain;2. Clínica Diatros, Barcelona, Spain;3. Hospital de Guadalajara, University of Alcalá, Guadalajara, Spain;4. Hospital De Manacor, Islas Baleares, Spain;5. Hospital Del Mar, Barcelona, Spain;6. Hospital de Mallorca, Islas Baleares, Spain;7. Hospital De Cruces, Vizcaya, Spain;8. Hospital De Basurto, Vizcaya, Spain;9. Hospital de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain;10. Hospital Santiago Apostol, Vitoria, Spain;11. Hospital Infanta Sofia, San Sebastián De Los Reyes, Madrid, Spain;12. Hospital Virgen de Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain;13. Hospital Clinico, Málaga, Spain;14. Hospital de Requena, Valencia, Spain;15. Clinica Tres Torres, Barcelona, Spain;p. Hospital San Juan, Alicante, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante, Spain;q. Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain;1. Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Santa Casa of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil;2. Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Vale do Sapucaí University, Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil;3. Department of Pathology, Santa Casa of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil;1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Zaragoza University Facultad de Medicina, Lozano Blesa University Hospital, Zaragoza 50009, Spain;2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, ‘Carol Davila’ University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania;3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, ‘Dr. I. Cantacuzino’ Hospital, Bucharest, Romania;4. Breast Clinic and Menopause Clinic, University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Gent, Belgium;5. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Valikonagi Cad. No: 93/4, Nisantasi, 34365 Istanbul, Turkey;6. 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Athens, Aretaieio Hospital, GR-11528 Athens, Greece;7. Women''s Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK;8. Department of Medicine, Cardiology Unit and Head Centre for Gender Medicine, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Thorax N3:06, SE 17176 Stockholm, Sweden;9. Menopause and Metabolic Bone Disease Unit, Hôpital Paule de Viguier, F-31059 Toulouse cedex 09, France;10. Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands;11. Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Via Roma, 67, 56100 Pisa, Italy;1. School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia;2. Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia;3. Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden;4. Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, USA;5. Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Blvd, Winston-Salem, NC, USA;6. Department of Anthropology, University of Hawaii Hilo, HI, USA;7. Cancer Epidemiology Centre, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia;8. Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK;9. Nutritional Epidemiology Group, School of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK;10. Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA;11. Institute of Education, Centre for Longitudinal Studies, University of London, London, UK;12. Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA;13. School of Health Sciences, Gunma University, Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture, Japan;14. MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, Faculty of Population Health Sciences, University College London, London, UK;15. School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA;p. Department of Health Promotion Science, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan;q. Department of Anthropology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA;r. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan;s. Department of Anthropology, UMass Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA;t. Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway;u. Department of Research, Cancer Registry of Norway, Oslo, Norway;v. Samfundet Folkhälsan, Helsinki, Finland |
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| Abstract: | We aimed to clarify whether a short-term whole body vibration (WBV) training has a beneficial effect on physical fitness in elderly people. Forty-nine non-institutionalized elderly (75.0 ± 4.7 years) participated in the study. Twenty-four of them trained on a vibration platform for 11 weeks. Physical fitness included balance, lower- and upper-body strength and flexibility, agility, walking speed and endurance. In the WBV group most of the physical tests improved through the intervention (all P < 0.01) while in the control group only an increment was detected in lower-body strength (P < 0.05). In conclusion, a short-term WBV training is beneficial for physical fitness among elderly people. |
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