Effect of Whole body vibration training on trunk muscle strength and physical performance in healthy adults: Preliminary results of a randomized controlled trial

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25750292
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Sports science
• Research Institution: Hiroshima University
• Principal Investigator: MAEDA NORIAKI 広島大学, 医歯薬保健学研究院(保), 助教 (10536783)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 全身振動刺激 / 体幹深部筋 / FMS / WBVトレーニング

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study was aimed to investigate the effects of an 8-week program of WBV in combination with trunk muscle training on performance in healthy, untrained adults.Twenty university healthy subjects participated in this study. Participants were randomly assigned to a WBV or non-WBV group. The WBV group performed a trunk muscle training program in combination with WBV, and the non-WBV group performed the same muscle training program without WBV for 8 weeks. In the pre- and post-training period, the participants were evaluated using the FMS, Y-test, trunk muscle strength, squat jump, and counter-movement jump. Both groups showed improvement in the Y-test and trunk flexor muscle strength. Additionally, the WBV group had greater improvement than non-WBV group in both Y-test and trunk flexor muscle strength between pre- and post-training. Strength training in combination with WBV more effectively improved dynamic balance and trunk flexor muscle strength than training without WBV.

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