NCT04273308

The Effect of Whole-body Vibration Training

The Effect of Whole-body Vibration Training on Biomarkers and Health Beliefs of Prefrail Older Adults: A Quasi-experimental Research

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 42 (actual)
• Sponsor: National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years – 99 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The whole-body vibration programme employed in this study partly improved the biomarkers and health beliefs of the prefrail community-dwelling older adults.

Detailed description

The experimental group participated in a 12-week whole-body vibration training that conducted 3 times per week, with 5-min continuous vibration at 12-Hz frequency and 3-mm amplitude each time

Conditions

• Biomarkers

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	whole-body vibration training	The experimental group participated in a 12-week whole-body vibration training that was conducted 3 times per week, with 5-min continuous vibration at 12-Hz frequency and 3-mm amplitude each time. The control group were provided home DVDs on resistance exercise and manuals for preventing frailty

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-03-18
• Primary completion: 2016-06-25
• Completion: 2016-06-25
• First posted: 2020-02-18
• Last updated: 2020-02-18