Category: Multiple Sclerosis
  • J Neurol Sci. 2016 Oct 15;369:96-101. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2016.08.013. Epub 2016 Aug 5

    Vibration training improves disability status in multiple sclerosis: A pretest-posttest pilot study.

    Yang F1, Estrada EF2, Sanchez MC2.

    Abstract

    The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of an 8-week vibration training program on changing the disability level in people >

  • UTEP News Service

    Originally published April 3, 2015 – By Laura L. Acosta

    The first time 68-year-old Carmen Sandoval climbed on the whole-body vibration machine in The University of Texas at El Paso’s Stanley E. Fulton Biomechanics and Motor Behavior Laboratory, she wasn’t sure how standing on the machine while it oscillated for >

  • Positive effects of Galileo side-alternating vibration on MS

    Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a complex, progressive inflammatory, degenerative, and autoimmune demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS) that causes a wide range of signs and symptoms.  The most common signs and symptoms of MS are sensory changes, fatigue, balance disturbances, >

  • Asian J Sports Med. 2012 Dec. 3 (4):279-84.

    Resistance training and vibration improve muscle strength and functional capacity in female patients with multiple sclerosis.

    Eftekhari E, Mostahfezian M, Etemadifar M, Zafari A.

    Source:  Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.

    Abstract

    PURPOSE:  The purpose of this study was >

  • Effects of vibrotherapy on postural control, functionality and fatigue in multiple sclerosis patients

    Neurologia. 2011 Jun 22. Department of de Fisioterapia, Terapia Ocupacional, Rehabilitación y Medicina Física, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Alcorcón, Madrid, España

    INTRODUCTION:  Postural and balance disorders, functionality impairment and fatigue, are the most >

  • Is 8 weeks of side-alternating WBV a safe & acceptable modality to improve functional performance in Multiple Sclerosis patients

    Disabil Rehabil. 2011 Oct 12. School of Sport and Exercise, Massey University , Palmerston North , New Zealand.

    PURPOSE:  To examine whether an 8-week period of side-alternating whole-body vibration (WBV) exercise is an >