Whole-body vibration improves functional recovery in spinal cord injured rats.
Whole-body vibration (WBV) is a relatively novel form of exercise used to improve neuromuscular performance in healthy individuals. Its...
Galileo Training bei exacerbierter COPD
Die COPD gehört mit 3 bis 5 Millionen Betroffenen in Deutschland zu den häufigsten Erkrankungen. Auch wenn die Erkrankung lebenslang besteht und eine Heilung bereits eingetretener Schädigungen nicht möglich ist, können mit Hilfe neuer Angebote in vielen Fällen Beschwerden gelindert und eine Verbesserung der Lebensqualität erreicht werden. Ein neuer Therapieansatz für COPD-Patienten ist das Galileo Training.
Acute Bone Marker Responses to Whole-Body Vibration and Resistance Exercise in Young Women.
Whole-body vibration (WBV) augments the musculoskeletal effects of resistance exercise (RE). However, its acute effects on bone turnove...
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...
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...
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...
Effects of jumping exercise on maximum ground reaction force and bone in 8- to 12-year-old boys and girls: a 9-month randomized controlled trial.
Objectives: To assess adaptations of the lower leg muscle-bone unit in 8- to 12-year-old children following a randomized controlled jum...
