title: Tilting Whole Body Vibration improves quality of life in women with fibromyalgia: a randomized controlled trial.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of 12-week tilting Whole Body Vibration therapy (WBV) on Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in fibromylagia (FM) within the context of a randomized control trial (ISRCTN16950947).
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty-six (36) women with FM were randomly allocated to either an exercise or a control group. The women in the exercise group were assigned to a 12-week course of tilting WBV (12.5-Hz frequency; 3-mm amplitude). HRQoL was assessed using the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ) and a 15D questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 12-week course of tilting WBV therapy was associated with improvements in FIQ scores (12%) but not in the 15D questionnaire.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Tilting WBV was a feasible intervention that prevented the loss of HRQoL in previously physically untrained women with FM.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain.
authors.forename: Pedro R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Olivares
authors.forename: Narcis
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gusi
authors.forename: Jose A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Parraca
authors.forename: Jose C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Adsuar
authors.forename: Borja
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Del Pozo-Cruz
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000529:Complementary Therapies; D005260:Female; D005356:Fibromyalgia / Q000628:therapy*; D006262:Health; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014732:Vibration