The Effect of Horizontal Whole-body Vibration Therapy in Post-menopausal Women

Summary

Osteoporosis is an important public health issue that may result in a high fracture risk in the elderly population. There is general consensus that physical exercise decreases the risk of osteoporotic fractures by reducing the risk of falls and increasing bone strength. Although long-term high-intensity exercise programs have been shown to be successful in early post-menopausal women, a high-intensity exercise program appears to be less attractive to older post-menopausal women and may cause a lack of compliance in the long term and result in injury. Some studies have described falls and fractures as side effects of exercise.Whole-body vibration (WBV) therapy is an easy-to-apply alternative therapy for those who do not wish to initiate or continue pharmacological treatments and cannot perform high-impact exercises and is associated with high patient compliance. WBV therapy is among the promising new interventions for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis and is defined as mechanical vibration applied in a standing or supine position without any restrictions on frequency (hertz), amplitude (millimeters), magnitude (vibration acceleration due to gravity, g) and cumulative WBV dose. The evidence obtained from animal studies have shown that WBV can be an effective method for increasing bone mass and improving bone structure and strength. Some human studies have shown that WBV can positively affect BMD and improve neuromuscular parameters associated with falls in post-menopausal women.Small changes in posture can have a significant effect on the extent to which a plantar-based mechanical stimulus is actually transmitted to the spine or hip; the stimulus is likely to be weakened by the inevitable changes in posture, which occur due to aging and osteoporosis. For these reasons, we aimed to examine the effect of high frequency and low-magnitude horizontal vibration therapy in post-menopausal women without being affected by posture in the present study.

Conditions

• Osteoporosis
• Whole Body Vibration

Interventions

DEVICE

Whole Body Vibration and Infrared Therapy

Patients in the whole body vibration and infrared group received vibration therapy with a frequency of 60 Hz and amplitude of 0.5-2 mm and infrared therapy at a wavelength of 550-950 nm. Whole body vibration and infrared treatment were applied with the Power Andullator (HHP, CE0197, Germany) device.

DEVICE

Infrared Therapy

Patients in infrared therapy group received infrared therapy at a wavelength of 550-950 nm.Infrared treatment were applied with the Power Andullator (HHP, CE0197, Germany) device.

OTHER

Classical Treatment

1000 mg Ca and 880 IU vitamin D treatment were given

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Feyza Akan Begoğlu · Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

45 Years

Max Age

65 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2015-05-01

Primary Completion

2015-08-01

Completion

2015-08-01

Countries

• Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations