Power Vibration Plate Rehab

fitvibe Vibration Plate also offers a method of preventing and rehabilitating injuries. Several professional teams have found fitvibe Vibration Plate Training Systems not only to be an integral training tool, but indispensable for rehabilitation. Consult your physical therapist!

Medical Applications

Bone Density

Scientific research has on a number of occasions already demonstrated the effects of loads on our skeleton and on the bone density. In orthopaedics, it is known that bone adjusts its strength to allow for the forces applied to it. Think of astronauts, for example, who lose bone density during their stay in space. The opposite is just as true. The mechanical stimuli transmitted to the bones by the fitvibe Vibration Plate Training Systems ensure that mechanical stresses are placed on the bones efficiently. In combination with the release of hormones such as testosterone, this has a positive effect on the bone density.

Body in Balance

The term proprioception could be described as “the sixth sense”. It is the process by which the brain continuously receives information from all over the body about the positioning and the movement of the body. Proprioceptive information comes primarily from receptors in the muscles, the skin and the joints. Based upon the information coming from these receptors, the body is continually sending reflex corrections back to the muscles. On fitvibe one is continually exposed to tiny movements. The whole balance system is stimulated continuously and from a range of different positions. People will feel more confident in their balance feeling immediately.

Hormonal release

Hormones are chemical messengers from one cell to another. The function of hormones is to serve as a signal to the target cells. When training on fitvibe Vibration Plates an increased release of some key hormones can be determined. One of these key hormones are growth hormones that are secreted to a greater extent. These hormones stimulate protein synthesis and in so doing help in building up muscle tissue. They also play a part in erythropoiesis, which causes the blood’s O2 transportation capacity to rise. Besides this the growth hormones (especially IGF I) have a direct effect in the stimulation of the lipolysis; causing a reduction of body fat levels. Also neurotrophin – a brain stimulator – is raised under the influence of controlled Whole Body Vibration and the levels of cortisol, the stress hormone are lowered significantly resulting directly in a feeling of relaxation after training session using fitvibe.

STUDIES

Literature

On this webpage you will find a number of references of research projects on controlled Whole Body Vibration, vibration plates and fitvibe. Click on a specific research project to learn more.

Literature

• Bosco C., Adaptive responses of human skeletal muscle to vibration exporsure, Biol. Sport 15, 1998, nr. 3 p. 157-164.

• Bosco C., Cardinale M., Colli R., Tihanyi J., von Duvillard S.P., Viru A., The influence of whole body vibration on the mechanical behavior of skeletal muscle, Clin. Physiol., 1999, nr. 19 p. 183-187.

• Bosco C., Cardinale M., Tsarpela O., Locatelli E., New trends in training science: The use of vibrations for enhancing performance, New Studies in Athletics, 1999, nr. 4 Vol 14 p. 55-62.

• Bosco C., Cardinale M., Tsarpela O., Influence of vibration on mechanical power and electromyogram activity in human arm flexor muscles, Eur. J. Appl. Physiol. Occup. Physiol., Mar1999A nr. 79 (4) p. 306-311.

• Bosco C., Colli R., Introini E., Cardinale M., Tsarpela O., Madella A., Tihanyi J., Viru A., Adaptive responses of human skeletal muscle to vibration exposure, Clin. Physiol., 1999B, nr. 19 p. 183-187.

• Rittweger J., Beller G., Felsenberg D., Acute physiological effects of exhaustive whole-body vibration exercise in man, Clin. Physiol., 2000, nr. 20 p. 134-142.

• Issurin V.B., Tenenbaum G., Acute and residual effects of vibratory stimulation on explosive force in elite and amateur athletes, J. Sports Sciences, 1999, nr. 17 p. 177-182.

• Delecluse C., Roelants M., Verschueren S., Strength increase after whole body vibration compared with resistance training, Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 2003, 1033-1041.

• Rittweger J., Mutschelknauss M., Felsenberg D., Acute changes in neuromuscular excitability after exhaustive whole body vibration exercise as compared to exhaustion by squatting exercise, Clinical Physiology and functional imaging, 23,2,81-86.

• Torvinen S., Effect of vibration exposure on muscular performance and body balance. Randomized cross-over study, Clin. Physiol. & func. im., 2002, nr. 22 p. 145-152.

• Runge M., Balance training and exercise in geriatric patients, Musculoskeletal interactions, 2000, nr. 1 p. 54-58.



Medical

• Clinton Rubin, PhD, * Malcolm Pope, DrMedSci, + J. Chris Fritton, PhD; DSc, MS, * Marianne magnusson, DrMedSc, + Tommy Hanson, MD, PhD and Kenneth McLeod, Transmissibility of 15-Hz to 35-Hz Vibrations to the Human Hip and Lumbar Spine: Determining the Physiologic Feasibility of Delivering Low-Level Anabolic Mechanical Stimuli to Skeletal Regions at Greatest Risk of Fracture Because of Osteoporosis, Spine, 2003, Vol. 28, nr. 23, pp. 2621-2627.

• Sabine Verschueren, Machteld Roelants, Christophe Delecluse, Stephan Swinnen, Dirk Vanderschueren, and Steven Boonen, Effects of 6-Month Whole Body Vibration Training on Hip Density, Muscle Strength, and Postural Control in Postmenopausal Women: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 2004, Vol. 19, Nr. 3.

• Clinton Rubin, Robert Recker, Diane Cullen, John Ryaby, Joan McCabe, and Kenneth McLeod, Prevention of Postmenopausal Bone Loss by a Low Magnitude, High-Frequency Mechanical Stimuli: A Clinical Trial Assessing Compliance, Efficacy, and Safety, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 2004, VOl. 19, Nr. 3.

• Rittweger J., Treatment of chronic lower back pain with lumbar extension and whole body vibration exercise: a randomized controlled trial, Spine, Sep 2002, 1; 27 (17) p. 1829-1834.

• Kerschan-Schindl K., Grampp S., Henk C., Resch H., Preisinger E., Fialka-Moser V., Imhof, Whole-body vibration exercise leads to alterations in muscle blood volume, Clin. Physiol., 2001, nr. 21 p. 377-382.

• Rittweger J., Oxygen uptake during whole-body vibration exercise: comparison with squatting as a slow voluntary movement, Eur. J. Appl. Physiol., 2001, nr. 86 p. 169-173.

• Flieger J., Karachalios T., Khaldi L., Raptou P., Lyritis G., Mechanical stimulation in the form of vibration prevents postmenopausal bone loss in ovariectomized rats, Calcif. Tissue Int., 1998, nr. 63 p. 510-514.

• Mester J., Knocken und Muskel, neue Welte, Vibrationsbelastung und Vibrationstraining im Spitzensport, Interdisciplinair Kongress mit Workshop: Radiologische Osteoporosediagnostik, Berlin, 1-3/11/2001.

• Bosco C., Lacovelli M., Tsarpela O., Cardinale M., Bonifazi M., Tihanyi J., Viru M., De Lorenzo A., Viru A., Hormonal responses to whole-body vibration in men, Eur. J. Appl.Physiol., 2000, nr. 81 p. 449-454.

• Brumagne S., Cordo P., Lysens R., Verschueren S., Swinnen S., The Role of Paraspinal Muscle Spindles in Lumbosacral Position Sense in Individuals with and without Low back pain, Spine, 2000,25,8,989-994.



Other

• Biomechanische Stimulation nach Nazarov, Schwingungen zur Behandlung vielfältigen Krankheitsbilder, Betherda news, 1997,3.

• Runge M., Therapiemöglichkeiten bei Harninkontinenz; überwinden des Tabus, Der Hausarzt, 2002, nr. 2 p. 56-61.

• Ishitake T., Miyazaki Y., Ando H., Mataka T., Suppressive mechanism of gastric motility by whole body vibration, int. arch occup environ health, 1999, 72:469-474.