title: Effect of whole body vibration in Parkinson's disease: a controlled study.
abstract: In the search of new strategies to improve the quality of life of Parkinson's disease patients, recent work has reported an amelioration of Parkinsonian symptoms using Whole Body Vibration (WBV). A double-blinded, placebo controlled design was used to evaluate the effect of a 12 WBV sessions-programme on a number of motor and clinical tests in 23 Parkinson's disease patients. Patients were assigned to one of two groups, one receiving WBV and the other a placebo group. At the end of the programme as well as during intra-session evaluation, there was no difference between the experimental (vibration) and placebo groups in any outcomes. These results suggest that reported benefits of vibration are due to a placebo response.
authors.affiliation: Neuroscience and Motor Control Group (NEUROcom), Department of Medicine-INEF, University of A Coruña, Spain.
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Arias
authors.forename: Marcelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chouza
authors.forename: Jamile
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vivas
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cudeiro
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D005684:Gait / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009043:Motor Activity; D026201:Musculoskeletal Manipulations / Q000379:methods*; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004856:Postural Balance / Q000502:physiology; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014732:Vibration / Q000627:therapeutic use*