The Effect of Whole-body Vibration Training

National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences

Status: Completed

Conditions: Biomarkers

Treatments: Device: whole-body vibration training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04273308

201510ES014

Details and patient eligibility

About

The whole-body vibration programme employed in this study partly improved the biomarkers and health beliefs of the prefrail community-dwelling older adults.

Full description

The experimental group participated in a 12-week whole-body vibration training that conducted 3 times per week, with 5-min continuous vibration at 12-Hz frequency and 3-mm amplitude each time

Enrollment: 42 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65 to 99 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age of 65 years or older and living in a community
• Full consciousness and able to communicate verbally
• No severe cognitive disorder

Exclusion criteria

• Impaired mobility after recent surgery
• Major illness such as cancer
• Severe hearing impairment and inability to fully understand and follow instructions

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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42 participants in 1 patient group

whole-body vibration training

Experimental group

Description:

a 12-week whole-body vibration training that conducted 3 times per week, with 5-min continuous vibration at 12-Hz frequency and 3-mm amplitude each time.

Treatment:

Device: whole-body vibration training