Stürze im Alter bedeuten für die Betroffenen oftmals schwerwiegende Folgen wie Frakturen und Angst vor Mobilitätsverlust. Vor allem Personen mit Gleichgewichtsstörungen oder Muskelschwäche sind davon betroffen. Doch auch in hohem Alter kann mit gezieltem Training die Muskulatur aufgebaut, die Körperwahrnehmung geschult und der Gleichgewichtssinn verbessert werden, z.B. mit seitenalternierendem Vibrationstraining.
Peripheral QCT sector analysis reveals early exercise-induced increases in tibial bone mineral density.
Objectives: The purpose of this controlled trial was to determine whether subtle changes in mineralization and geometry of the tibia w...
A comparison of the effect of two types of vibration exercise on the endocrine and musculoskeletal system.
Background: Whole body vibration (WBV) is a novel training intervention but a comparison of different methods of WBV has rarely been pe...
Whole body vibration exercise improves body balance and walking velocity in postmenopausal osteoporotic women treated with alendronate: Galileo and Alendronate Intervention Trail (GAIT).
A randomized controlled trial was conducted to determine the effect of 6 months of whole body vibration (WBV) exercise on physical func...
Effect of exercise on bone structural traits, physical performance and body composition in breast cancer patients – A 12-month RCT.
In this 12-month RCT, we examined whether aerobic impact exercise training (3x/week) could facilitate breast cancer survivors' recovery...
Is a small muscle mass index really detrimental for insulin sensitivity in postmenopausal women of various body composition status?
Objectives: We sought to determine if a small muscle mass index (MMI) is actually detrimental for insulin sensitivity when studying a l...
Resistive exercises, with or without whole body vibration, prevent vertebral marrow fat accumulation during 60 days of head-down tilt bed rest in men.
Fat accumulates in the bone marrow of lumbar vertebrae with bed rest. Exercise with or without whole body vibration may counter this ef...
Incomplete recovery of lumbar intervertebral discs 2 years after 60-day bed rest.
STUDY DESIGN.: Prospective longitudinal study. OBJECTIVE.: To evaluate the recovery of the lumbar intervertebral discs after bed rest. ...
Muscle Function, but Not Muscle Mass, is Related to Balance Confidence in Older Adults
Background:
Both impaired muscle function and low muscle mass are included in recent consensus sarcopenia definitions. Sarcopenia is as...
Jumping Mechanography and Classic Muscle Function Tests Effects of Age and Gender
Background:
Sarcopenia is a risk factor for falls and fractures. As muscle function predicts disability and mortality better than musc...