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“Stretching during WBV improves flexibility more than static stretching alone and at a faster rate.” Epperson, “The Effects of Whole Body Vibration Platform Training on Hamstring Flexibility.” “Whole-body vibration is a suitable training method to improve knee extension maximal strength, counter-movement jump, and flexibility in a young female athlete” Fagnani et al., “The Effects of a Whole-Body Vibration Program on Muscle Performance and Flexibility in Female Athletes.” “The current study shows that individualized whole-body vibration without superimposing other exercises is an effective method of acutely increasing lower back and hamstring flexibility” “Effects of Individualized Whole-Body Vibration on Muscle Flexibility and...

“In a study performed by researchers at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis and presented in May, 2014, at a meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, whole-body vibration exercises were found to reduce painful symptoms and improve quality of life in fibromyalgia patients.” S, ers, and Writer, “Whole-Body Vibration Exercises Help Fibromyalgia Patients.” “Results suggest that a 6-week traditional exercise program with supplementary WBV safely reduces pain and fatigue, whereas exercise alone fails to induce improvements.” Alentorn-Geli et al., “Six Weeks of Whole-Body Vibration Exercise Improves Pain and Fatigue in Women with Fibromyalgia.”

“Short training sessions using controlled whole body vibration 3 times a week for 6 weeks improved gait, body balance, motor capacity, and self-reported QOL in elderly nursing home residents” Bruyere, Olivier, Marc-Antoine Wuidart, Elio Di Palma, Margaret Gourlay, Olivier Ethgen, Florent Richy, and Jean-Yves Reginster. “Controlled Whole Body Vibration to Decrease Fall Risk and Improve Health-Related Quality of Life of Nursing Home Residents.” Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 86, no. 2 (February 1, 2005): 303–7. doi:10.1016/j.apmr.2004.05.019. In talking about Elderly use of Whole Body Vibration, “Based on this review, WBV has proven to have more beneficial effects on balance,...

“The present paper shows, as a pilot study, that vibration exercise may be an effective measure to improve glycemic control in non insulin dependent diabetes type 2 patients.” Baum, Votteler, and Schiab, “Efficiency of Vibration Exercise for Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes Patients.” “While it has been proven that WBV training is good for type 2 diabetic patients as it effectively increases blood flow, decreases the weight and waist circumference and reduce the percentage of fat, it is important to check with your doctor before performing the training.” Pilates, lifestyle, and Growth, “Whole-Body Vibration Exercise Can Combat Diabetes –...

“As a standalone community-based intervention, WBV was an efficacious mode of exercise training for people with stable COPD that did not negatively effect exercise tolerance or exacerbate the disease, while concurrently improving functional performance of the lower limbs.” Furness et al., “Benefits of Whole-Body Vibration to People with COPD.” “Whole body vibration exercise in hospitalised COPD patients did not exhibit adverse events and induced clinically significant benefits regarding exercise capacity and health-related quality of life.” Greulich et al., “Benefits of Whole Body Vibration Training in Patients Hospitalised for COPD Exacerbations – a Randomized Clinical Trial.”