Body-vibration Osteoporosis, Ostepenia

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Body-vibration Osteoporosis or Osteopenia your solution?

Body-vibration Osteoporosis and Osteopenia solution? What does the research say about the effects of these machines that do whole Body-vibration Osteoporosis or Osteopenia.

Here are some research studies about vibration machines and bone building:

1. Journal Br. Menopause published a paper by Cardinale and Rittweger of the Olympic Medical Institute in the United Kingdon about vibration machines and bone building:

"Vibration transmitted to the whole body or part of it has been extensively studied in relation to the risks to the health and safety of workers. These studies have highlighted the particular

danger of lower-back morbidity and spinal trauma arising after prolonged exposure to vibration. However, short-term exposure to whole-body vibration (WBV) or the use of vibrating dumbbells can have beneficial effects on the musculoskeletal system.

As a consequence of this encouraging work, many manufacturers have developed exercise devices characterized by vibrating plates transmitting vibration to the whole body and vibrating dumbbells. Preliminary results seem to recommend WBV exercise as a therapeutic alternative for preventing/reversing sarcopenia and possibly osteoporosis. However, there is a paucity of well designed studies in the elderly. In particular, there is a lack of understanding of the physiological mechanisms involved in the adaptive responses to vibration exposure, and of the most appropriate vibration parameters to be used in order to maximize gains and improve safety. The effectiveness of this novel exercise modality on musculoskeletal structures is examined in this review. The physiological mechanisms involved in the adaptive responses to vibration exercise are discussed and suggestions for future studies are made."

2. Another study of whole Body-vibration Osteoporosis can be found in The Journal of Bone Mineral Res. published a study in 2004 titled, "Effect of 6-month whole body vibration training on hip density, muscle strength, and postural control in postmenopausal women: a randomized controlled pilot study." by SM Verschueren, M. Roelants, C. Delecluse C, S Swinnen, D. Vanderschueren and S. Boonen. of the Laboratory of Motor Control, Department of Kinesiology, Faculteit Kichamelijke Opvoeding en Kinesitherapie, Katholieke Universiteit, Belgium.

The study was small, 70 women ages 58 - 74, some of whom received the vibrational therapy, some of whom did resistance training and others were a control group. The study took24 weeks. . . . The WBV group and the RES group trained three times weekly for 24 weeks.

"The WBV group performed static and dynamic knee-extensor exercises on a vibration platform (35-40 Hz, 2.28-5.09g), which mechanically loaded the bone and evoked reflexive muscle contractions. The RES group trained knee extensors by dynamic leg press and leg extension exercises, increasing from low (20 RM) to high (8 RM) resistance. The CON group did not participate in any training"

Hip bone density was measured by Dexa scann at the beginning and after 6 months.

RESULTS: Vibration training "increased BMD of the hip (+0.93%, p < 0.05). No changes in hip BMD were observed in women participating in resistance training or age-matched controls (-0.60% and -0.62%, respectively; not significant). Serum markers of bone turnover did not change in any of the groups."

3. However another study of whole Body-vibration Osteoporosis and Osteopenia was done at the Bone Research group in Finland. It was a controlled 8 month study of vertical whole body vibration on bone, muscle performance, and body balance in younger adults concluded that the only benefit was that the subjects could jump higher at the end of the study. There was no increase in bone mass.