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Research in Sports Medicine
An International Journal
Volume 13, 2005 - Issue 3
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Effects of random whole-body vibration on postural control in Parkinson's disease

Stephan Turbanski Institute of Sport Sciences, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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Christian T. Haas Institute of Sport Sciences, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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Dietmar Schmidtbleicher Institute of Sport Sciences, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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Antje Friedrich Parkinson's Disease Hospital, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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Petra Duisberg Parkinson's Disease Hospital, Bad Nauheim, Germany
Pages 243-256 | Received 02 Jan 2005, Accepted 02 Jun 2005, Published online: 01 Feb 2007
 
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Abstract

We investigated spontaneous effects of random whole-body vibration (rWBV) on postural control in Parkinsonian subjects. Effects were examined in biomechanical tests from a total of 52 patients divided equally into one experimental and one control group. Postural control was tested pre- and post-treatment in two standardized conditions (narrow standing and tandem standing). The intervention was based on rWBV (y: 3 mm, f: 6 Hz 1 Hz/sec) consisting of 5 series lasting 60 seconds each. The main findings from this study were that (1) rWBV can improve postural stability in Parkinson's disease (PD) spontaneously (2) these effects depend on the test condition. Based on the results of this study, rWBV can be regarded as an additional device in physical therapy in PD.

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Parkinson-Klinik Bad Nauheim.

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