Aim: To compare the effect of different type of shoes (unstable or stable) combined with a whole body vibration training on balance. Design: Randomized controlled trial. Setting: Laboratory of biomechanics. Population: Healthy young people.
Background: The use of whole body vibration to train strength and balance has increased in the last years. Last studies have shown that adding an unstable device increased electromyographic activity of the lower limb and the trunk muscles. However, no studies have investigated the effects of wearing unstable shoes during a whole-body vibration training on balance in healthy young people. Aim: To compare the effects of different type of shoes (unstable \[Intervention group\] or stable \[Control group\]) combined with a 12-weeks whole body vibration training on balance. Setting: Laboratory of biomechanics.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
23
Wearing unstable shoes during the whole-body vibration training
Wearing stable shoes during the whole-body vibration training
Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera
Moncada, Valencia, Spain
Balance
Velocity of the center of pressure assessed with a foot pressure sensitive walkway
Time frame: 4 weeks
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