Author: Luca Petrigna1, Alessandra Amato1, Martina Sortino1, Bruno Trovato1, Marta Zanghì1, Federico Roggio1, Giuseppe Musumeci1
Affiliation: <sup>1</sup> Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Section of Anatomy, Histology and Movement Science, School of Medicine, University of Catania, Via S. Sofia 97, 95123 Catania, Italy.
Conference/Journal: J Funct Morphol Kinesiol
Date published: 2024 Jun 6
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Volume ID: 9 , Issue ID: 2 , Pages: 100 , Special Notes: doi: 10.3390/jfmk9020100. , Word Count: 199
Whole-body vibration (WBV) is a training modality, and it seems to be a safe and efficient exercise especially to improve different aspects of physical fitness in different populations. The protocols for WBV are still not standardized. The difficulty in comparing the data confuses the real efficacy of this instrument. Consequently, the objective of this umbrella review is to analyze the protocols previously adopted and eventually to propose a standard operating procedure for WBV training. Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials on WBV were searched on the electronic databases PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus until 18 March 2024. A quality assessment of the studies included has been performed. A total of 20 studies were included in this umbrella review and frequency, magnitude, and amplitude intensity data were recorded. Detailed information about the protocols (static or dynamic exercises, barefoot or with shoes, intensity duration, weekly frequency, and vibration characteristics) was also collected. WBV presents widely different protocols. Consequently, a standard operating procedure has not been proposed for WBV training. A hypothesis of intervention was instead written in which parameters for frequency, amplitude, acceleration, and training mode were proposed.
Keywords: SOP; WBV; protocol; systematic review; vibrating platform.
PMID: 38921636 PMCID: PMC11204594 DOI: 10.3390/jfmk9020100