Study year | Type of intervention (T/C) | Vibration machine | Posture of WBV or location of LV | Vibration Frequency (Hz) | Time of duration | Frequency of sessions ×duration of program | Outcome measures and (follow up period in weeks) | ||
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Muscle mass | Muscle strength | Physical performance | |||||||
Bellomo et al. 2013 [53] | T:LV C:None | VISS device (Vissman, Rome, Italy) | Vastus medialis, vastus lateralis and rectus femoris muscles | 300 | 15 min | 1/week from week 1 to 8 3/week from week 9 to 12 | NM | Lower-limb strength (0,12) | Balance test: Sway area (0,12) |
T1: WBV T2: WBV T3: WBV C: None | WBV machine (Fit vibe excel, Gymna Uniphy NV, Bilzen, Belgium) | Stood barefoot with their knee joint flexed at 60° on the platform of the WBV machine with hands holding onto the rail in front | T1:20 T2:40 T3:60 | 12 min 6 min 4 min | 3/week from 1 to 12 | CSA (0,6,12,18,24) | Lower-limb strength (0,6,12,18,24) | Meter walking test Timed up and-go test Five-repetition sit-to-stand test (0,6,12,18,24) | |
Study year | Type of intervention (T/C) | Vibration machine | Posture of WBV or location of LV | Vibration Frequency (Hz) | Time of duration | Frequency of sessions ×duration of program | Outcome measures and (follow up period in weeks) | ||
Muscle mass | Muscle strength | Physical performance | |||||||
Zhu et al. 2019 [57] | T: WBV C: None | WBV machine Wellengang Excellence reciprocating vibration platform (SVG, Wellengang, Germany) | Set on the chair next to the WBV machine and put the foot on the fixed position of the WBV machine with hands holding onto the rail in front | 12 for 1 to 2 weeks 14 for 3 to 6 weeks 16 for 7 to 8 weeks | 20 min | 5/week from 1 to 8 | DXA (0,8) | Handgrip strength Lower-limb strength (0,8) | The 6-m gait speed test Timed-up-and-go test Five-times-sit-to-stand test Balance test (0,8) |
Pietrangelo et al. 2009 [52] | LV | VISS device (Vissman, Rome, Italy) | Intermedius femoris, rectus femoris, vastus medialis, and vastus lateralis muscles. | 300 | 15 min | 1/week from week 1 to 8 3/week from week 9 to 12 | CSA (0,4,8,12) | Lower-limb strength (0,4,8,12,28) | NM |
Study year | Type of intervention (T/C) | Vibration machine | Posture of WBV or location of LV | Vibration Frequency (Hz) | Time of duration | Frequency of sessions ×duration of program | Outcome measures and (follow up period in weeks) | ||
Muscle mass | Muscle strength | Physical performance | |||||||
Chang et al. 2018 [56] | WBV | Whole-body vibration (i-vib6050 model) | Stood on a vibration and stimulation generating platform | 12 | 10 min | 3/week from week 1 to week 12 | SMI (kg/kg) (1, 12) | Grip strength (1, 12) | Eight-foot up and go test Five repeated sit-to-stand tests Standing on one-foot text Shoulder-arm flexibility text (1, 12) |
Miller et al. 2018 [51] | WBV | Whole-body vibration (Power Plate platform (Northbrook, Illinois) | Stood bare foot on the platform, legs shoulder width apart, knees flexed to a 30° angle, and their arms placed equidistant on the device handles. | 30 | T1:6 min T2:1min | T1:1 time T2:6 time | NM | Grip strength (acute) | Timed Up and Go Test Berg Balance Scale Sit and Reach (acute) |