Examination of the Effect of Short-term Whole Body Vibration Training on Flexibility, Endurance and Dynamic Balance In Healthy Young People: A Randomized Controlled Study

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the effect of short-term (3 weeks) whole body vibration training (WBVT) in healthy young people.

Materials and Methods: Seventy six healthy individuals (mean age=22.55±1.22 years, 41 females and 35 males) were included in the study. Participants were randomly divided into two groups as WBVT group (n=41) and control group (n=35). WBVT, consisting of 14 exercises for the trunk and lower extremities, was applied to the WBVT group 3 times a week for 3 weeks. The control group did not receive any training. Flexibility, lower extremity endurance, trunk endurance and dynamic balance respectively; measured with sit and reach test, sit and stand test, Biering Sorensen tests, lateral bridge and shuttle, Y balance test. All measurements were made at baseline and at the end of the 3rd week.

Results: After 3 weeks, in WBVT group, curl up test (p=0.023), chair stand test (p=0.015) and Y balance test were perfomed on right anterior (p=0.003), right posteromedial (p=0.001), right posterolateral (p=0.001), left anterior (p=0.001), left posterolateral (p=0.000), and left posteromedial (p=0.000) aspects were significant. In the control group, the results in the right anterior (p=0.019) and left anterior (p=0.025) aspects of the Y balance test were significant. When the delta values were compared, the difference in the right (p=0.018) and left (p=0.006) posterolateral directions of the Y balance test; it was significant in favor of the WBVT group.

Conclusion: It was observed that short-term whole body vibration training had positive effects on trunk flexor endurance and dynamic balance in healthy young people. New insights into the use of musculoskeletal rehabilitation and sports training programs can be provided by WBVT. Further studies are needed to examine the effectiveness of whole-body vibration training by comparing different loads, volumes and types.

Keywords

• Vibration
• Postural balance
• Exercise training

Sağlıklı Gençlerde Kısa Dönem Tüm Vücut Vibrasyon Egzersizinin Esneklik, Endurans ve Dinamik Denge Üzerine Etkisinin İncelenmesi: Randomize Kontrollü Çalışma

Abstract

Amaç: Sağlıklı gençlerde kısa süreli (3 hafta) tüm vücut vibrasyon eğitiminin (TVVE) etkisini incelemektir.

Gereç ve Yöntem: Çalışmaya, 76 sağlıklı birey (yaş ort=22,55±1,22 yıl, 41 kadın 35 erkek) dahil edildi. Katılımcılar randomize olarak iki gruba ayrıldı (TVVE grubu n=41 ve kontrol grubu n=35). Gövde ve alt ekstremiteye yönelik 14 egzersizden oluşan tüm vücut vibrasyon eğitimi, haftada 3 kez, 3 hafta boyunca TVVE grubuna uygulandı. Kontrol grubuna, herhangi bir eğitim uygulanmadı. Esneklik, alt ekstremite enduransı, gövde enduransı ve dinamik denge sırasıyla; otur uzan testi, otur kalk testi, Biering Sorensen testleri, lateral köprü ve mekik, Y denge testi ile ölçüldü. Tüm ölçümler, başlangıçta ve 3. haftanın sonunda yapıldı.

Bulgular: 3 hafta sonra, TVVE grubunda mekik testi (p=0,023), otur kalk testi (p=0,015) ve Y denge testinin sağ anterior (p=0,003), sağ posteromedial (p=0,001), sağ posterolateral (p=0,001), sol anterior (p=0,001), sol posterolateral (p=0,000) ve sol posteromedial (p=0,000) yönlerindeki sonuçları anlamlı iken; kontrol grubunda ise Y denge testinin sağ anterior (p=0,019) ve sol anterior (p=0,025) yönlerindeki sonuçlar anlamlı idi. Delta değerleri karşılaştırıldığında, Y denge testinin sağ (p=0,018) ve sol (p=0,006) posterolateral yönlerindeki fark; TVVE grubu lehine anlamlı idi.

Sonuç: Kısa süreli tüm vücut vibrasyon eğitiminin, sağlıklı gençlerde gövdenin fleksör yöndeki enduransı ve dinamik denge üzerine olumlu etkilerinin olduğu görüldü. TVVE ile kas-iskelet rehabilitasyonu ve spor eğitim programlarının kullanımına ilişkin yeni bilgiler sağlanabilir. Farklı yükleri, hacimleri ve türleri karşılaştırarak tüm vücut vibrasyon eğitiminin etkinliğini inceleyen daha fazla çalışmaya ihtiyaç vardır.

Keywords

• Vibrasyon
• Postüral denge
• Egzersiz eğitimi

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