Whole Body Vibration and Unstable Shoes on Balance in Healthy Young People (WBV-US)

Cardenal Herrera University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Balance

Treatments

Other: Stable shoes plus Whole-body vibration

Other: Unstable shoes plus Whole-body vibration

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04011423

UNIVERSITY CARDENAL HERRERA-24

Details and patient eligibility

About

Aim: To compare the effect of different type of shoes (unstable or stable) combined with a whole body vibration training on balance.

Design: Randomized controlled trial.

Setting: Laboratory of biomechanics.

Population: Healthy young people.

Full description

Background: The use of whole body vibration to train strength and balance has increased in the last years. Last studies have shown that adding an unstable device increased electromyographic activity of the lower limb and the trunk muscles. However, no studies have investigated the effects of wearing unstable shoes during a whole-body vibration training on balance in healthy young people.

Aim: To compare the effects of different type of shoes (unstable [Intervention group] or stable [Control group]) combined with a 12-weeks whole body vibration training on balance.

Setting: Laboratory of biomechanics.

Enrollment

23 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 40 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Body mass index < 35.

Exclusion criteria

Cardiovascular disease, incapacity to practice a physical activity, musculoskeletal pathologies, neurologic diseases, previous experience with unstable shoes, previous experience with whole-body vibration.