Tag: Galileo-Training
  • Positive effects of Galileo side-alternating vibration in Cerebral Palsy

    • Reduction of spasticity
    • Improvement of muscle force and power
    • Improved gait speed
    • Improvement of mGMFM (modified gross motor function measure)
    • Higher bone mass

    Studies – Cerebral Palsy

  • J Diabetes Sci Technol. 2014 Jul;8(4):889-94. doi: 10.1177/1932296814536289. Epub 2014 May 21

    The Effect of Whole Body Vibration on Skin Blood Flow and Nitric Oxide Production

    Paula K. Johnson, MS; J. Brent Feland

  • Chron Respir Dis, 2015; (): , PMID: 25904085

    Gloeckl R, Heinzelmann I, Kenn K

    Department of Respiratory Medicine and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Schoen Klinik Berchtesgadener Land, Schoenau am Koenigssee, Germany rainer.gloeckl@gmx.de.

    Abstract

    In recent years, several studies have shown that >

  • Lower-extremity muscle atrophy and fat infiltration after chronic spinal cord injury.

    J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact, 2015; 15(1): 32-41, PMID: 25730650
    Moore CD, Craven BC, Thabane L, Laing AC, Frank-Wilson AW, Kontulainen SA, Papaioannou A, Adachi JD, Giangregorio LM

    Brain and Spinal Cord Rehabilitation Program, Toronto >

  • 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 >

  • Respiratory Medicine (2012) 106, 75e83

    6MinuteWalkLungTransplate

    Effects of a complementary whole body vibration training in patients after lung transplantation during pulmonary rehabilitation – a randomized controlled trial

    Rainer Gloeckl, Inga Heinzelmann, Thomas Damisch, Stella Seeberg, Klaus Kenn
    Schoen Klinik Berchtesgadener Land, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Schoenau am >
  • Respir Med. 2012 Jan;106(1):75-83. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2011.10.021. Epub 2011 Nov 21.

    Effects of whole body vibration in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease–a randomized controlled trial.

    Gloeckl R, Heinzelmann I, Baeuerle S, Damm E, Schwedhelm AL, Diril M, Buhrow D, Jerrentrup A, Kenn K.

    Source:  Department of Respiratory Medicine, Schoen Klinik Hospital, Schoenau am >

  • Eur J Appl Physiol. 2013 Jan;113(1):1-11. doi: 10.1007/s00421-012-2402-0.

    The influence of vibration type, frequency, body position and additional load on the neuromuscular activity during whole body vibration

    Ritzmann R, Gollhofer A, Kramer A.

    Source

    Institute of Sport and Sport Science, University of Freiburg, Schwarzwaldstraße 175, 79117 Freiburg, Germany. ramona.ritzmann@sport.uni-freiburg.de

    Abstract

    This study aimed to assess the influence of different whole body vibration (WBV) determinants on the electromyographic (EMG) activity during WBV in order to identify those training conditions that cause >

  • Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2013 Jun 28. pii: S0003-9993(13)00467-X. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2013.05.030. [Epub ahead of print]

    A Primary Care-Based Randomized Controlled Trial of 12-Week Whole-Body Vibration for Balance Improvement in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

    Del Pozo-Cruz J, Alfonso-Rosa RM, Ugia JL, McVeigh JG, Pozo-Cruz BD, Sañudo B.

    Source

    Department of Physical Education and Sport, University >

  • Cologne Children’s Hospital, Jan 2013

    Intensive Physiotherapy and Home Based Vibration Training for Children with Cerebral Palsy:

    E. Schoenau, C. Stark, O. Semler – Children’s Hospital, University of Cologne, Germany

    Background: Rehabilitation of children with Cerebral Palsy (CP) aims to reduce sequelae and enhance function. Physiotherapy is a rehabilitative strategy for >

  • Effect of whole-body vibration on muscle strength and balance in diplegic cerebral palsy: a randomized controlled trial.
    Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2014 Feb;93(2):114-21
    El-Shamy SM

    Abstract

    OBJECTIVE:
    The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of whole-body vibration training on muscle strength and balance in children with diplegic cerebral palsy.

    DESIGN:
    Fifteen children were >

  • Clinical Rehabilitation February 14, 2013

    Effect of whole body vibration training on mobility in children with cerebral palsy: a randomized controlled experimenter-blinded study

    Byoung-Kwon Lee,  Seung-Chul Chon Department of Physical Therapy, Konyang University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
    Seung-Chul Chon, Department of Physical Therapy, College of Medical Science, Konyang University, Gasuwon-Dong, Seo-Gu, Daejeon 302-718, Republic of >
  • J Clin Med Res. 2013 Jun;5(3):205-16. doi: 10.4021/jocmr1137w. Epub 2013 Apr 23.

    The effect of whole body vibration exposure on muscle function in children with cystic fibrosis: a pilot efficacy trial

    O’Keefe K, Orr R, Huang P, Selvadurai H, Cooper P, Munns CF, >
  • J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact. 2013 Mar;13(1):13-8.

    Whole body vibration therapy in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy – a prospective observational study.

    Söderpalm AC, Kroksmark AK, Magnusson P, Karlsson J, Tulinius M, Swolin-Eide D.

    Source

    Department of Orthopedics, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska University Hospital/Östra, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden. ann-charlott.soderpalm@vgregion.se

    Abstract

    OBJECTIVES:

    To study the tolerability of >

  • Vibration therapy tolerated in children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a pilot study.

    Pediatr Neurol. 2014 Jul;51(1):126-9
    Myers KA1, Ramage B2, Khan A3, Mah JK4.

    Abstract

    BACKGROUND:
    Duchenne muscular dystrophy is an X-linked recessive muscular dystrophy. Clinical management primarily involves rehabilitation strategies aimed at preserving functional mobility as long as possible. Side-alternating vibration therapy is a >

  • Phys Rehab Kur Med, 2003; 13: 286-290

    Safety of Whole-Body Vibration Exercise for Heart Transplant Recipients

    Crevenna R, Fialka-Moser V, Rödler S, Keilani M, Zöch C, Nuhr M, Quittan M, Wolzt M
    Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Cardiology, Vienna University, Vienna, Austria

    Abstract

    Purpose: >

  • Side-alternating vibration has minimal effect on cardiovascular response while doing intense, high-repetition muscle training

    Whole body vibration training is a new and complimentary exercise modality for endurance and strength training in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary heart disease (COPD) and provides safe exercise to improve muscle power, exercise tolerance, reduce symptoms >

  • Res Sports Med. 2005 Jul-Sep;13(3):243-56.

    Effects of random whole-body vibration on postural control in Parkinson’s disease.

    Turbanski S, Haas CT, Schmidtbleicher D, Friedrich A, Duisberg P.

    Source

    Institute of Sport Sciences, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany. turbanski@sport.uni-frankfurt.de

    Abstract

    We investigated spontaneous effects of random whole-body vibration (rWBV) on postural control in Parkinsonian subjects. Effects were examined in biomechanical tests from a >