NCT04011423

Whole Body Vibration and Unstable Shoes on Balance in Healthy Young People

Effects of Combined Whole Body Vibration and Unstable Shoes on Balance in Healthy Young People: A Preliminary Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 23 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cardenal Herrera University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

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.

Detailed description

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.

Conditions

• Balance

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Unstable shoes plus Whole-body vibration	Wearing unstable shoes during the whole-body vibration training
OTHER	Stable shoes plus Whole-body vibration	Wearing stable shoes during the whole-body vibration training

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-07-20
• Primary completion: 2019-12-20
• Completion: 2019-12-24
• First posted: 2019-07-08
• Last updated: 2020-01-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain