Possible Benefits of the Whole Body Vibration in the Treatment of Complications in Stroke Patients.
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2014-03-01
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Aims: A stroke is a neurological disorder and muscle weakness is the most prominent
impairment. Whole-body vibration (WBV) is a possible modality of exercise that is useful for
improving physical capacity, bone mass, balance, proprioception and the quality of life in
healthy subjects and in patients with several diseases and among them, the neurological disorders. Considering the undesirable clinical conditions of the stroke patients, the aim of
this review is to discuss about the benefits of the vibrations generated in the
oscillating/vibratory platforms to those patients.
Methodology: A search was performed in the PubMed using the keywords stroke or
"cerebrovascular accident" and "whole body vibration". An isolated search was performed
with the term “whole body vibration”. Inclusion and exclusion criteria to select the
publications were determined.
Results: It is found a limited number of publication involving WBV and the stroke with 16
articles. Of these, 9 publications were rejected for inclusion in this systematic review, due to
they did not match the proposed inclusion criteria. Considering the studies that were
analysed, about 57% of these have reported an improving in the clinical conditions of the
stroke patients with statistical significance. Most probably the reason of the controversial
results obtained with WBV findings can be attributed to the diversity of methods to measure
the outcomes and the experimental design and the clinical characteristics of the subjects
used, as well as the time elapsed post stroke.
Conclusion: Putting together the findings and considering the divergence of the results
reported, it is suggested that the use of the vibration generated in the vibratory platform
could be suitable to try to improve disorders of the stroke patients. However, it is important to
consider the limited number of publications available in the PubMed involving searches
evaluating the effect of the WBV in stroke patients.
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Stroke, whole body vibration, oscillating platform, neurological diseases
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Santos-Filho Sebastiao David, Monteiro Milena Oliveira Bravo, Paiva Dulciane Nunes, Arnobio Adriano, Paoli Severo de, Sa-Caputo Danubia da Cunha, Guedes-Aguiar Eliane de Oliveira, Presta Giuseppe Antonio, Marin Pedro J, Bernardo-Filho Mario. Possible Benefits of the Whole Body Vibration in the Treatment of Complications in Stroke Patients. British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research. 2014 Mar; 4(7): 1539-1551