Circulatory Systems and Whole Body Vibration Plate Machines

In these articles, “SBF” refers to “Skin Blood Flow”

“that short duration vibration alone significantly increases SBF; doubling mean SBF for a minimum of 10 minutes following intervention. The emerging therapeutic modality of WBV as a passive intervention appears to increase SBF in individuals with healthy microcirculation.”

Lohman et al., “The Effect of Whole Body Vibration on Lower Extremity Skin Blood Flow in Normal Subjects.”

“Five minutes of 30 Hz or 50 Hz vibration produced significant increases in SBF.”

Maloney-Hinds, Petrofsky, and Zimmerman, “The Effect of 30 Hz vs. 50 Hz Passive Vibration and Duration of Vibration on Skin Blood Flow in the Arm.”

“These findings demonstrate that patients with diabetes respond to WBV with increased SBF compared to the sham condition. The implication is that WBV is a potential nonpharmacological therapy for neurovascular complications of diabetes.”

Johnson et al., “Effect of Whole Body Vibration on Skin Blood Flow and Nitric Oxide Production.”