title: Stochastic resonance whole-body vibration improves postural control in health care professionals: a worksite randomized controlled trial.
abstract: Slip, trip, and fall injuries are frequent among health care workers. Stochastic resonance whole-body vibration training was tested to improve postural control. Participants included 124 employees of a Swiss university hospital. The randomized controlled trial included an experimental group given 8 weeks of training and a control group with no intervention. In both groups, postural control was assessed as mediolateral sway on a force plate before and after the 8-week trial. Mediolateral sway was significantly decreased by stochastic resonance whole-body vibration training in the experimental group but not in the control group that received no training (p < .05). Stochastic resonance whole-body vibration training is an option in the primary prevention of balance-related injury at work.
authors.forename: Achim
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Elfering
authors.forename: Volker
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Schade
authors.forename: Lukas
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Stoecklin
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baur
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Burger
authors.forename: Lorenz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Radlinger
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D004856:Postural Balance / Q000502:physiology*; D011322:Primary Prevention; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013557:Switzerland; D014732:Vibration