title: Effects on leg muscular performance from whole-body vibration exercise: a systematic review.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Division of Physiotherapy, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden. borje.rehn@physiother.umu.se
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rehn
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lidström
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Skoglund
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lindström
mesh_terms: D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000502:physiology*; D053580:Muscle Strength; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000502:physiology*; D010806:Physical Education and Training / Q000379:methods*; D014732:Vibration