ArticleThe journal of spinal cord medicine2015
The effect of low-magnitude whole body vibration on bone density and microstructure in men and women with chronic motor complete paraplegia.
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- Evidence-based prevention and treatment of osteoporosis after spinal cord injury: a systematic review.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2018Pooled it
- Whole-body vibration may not affect bone mineral density and bone turnover in persons with chronic spinal cord injury: A preliminary study.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2025Trial
- Rehabilitation interventions to modify endocrine-metabolic disease risk in individuals with chronic spinal cord injury living in the community (RIISC): A systematic search and review of prospective cohort and case-control studies.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2023Review
- Effect of whole body vibration therapy in the rat model of steroid-induced osteonecrosis of the femoral head.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2023Article
- The Effects of Exercise and Activity-Based Physical Therapy on Bone after Spinal Cord Injury.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- Osteoporosis after spinal cord injury: aetiology, effects and therapeutic approaches.Journal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions · 2021Review
- Vibration training after chronic spinal cord injury: Evidence for persistent segmental plasticity.Neuroscience letters · 2017Article
- Bone loss at the distal femur and proximal tibia in persons with spinal cord injury: imaging approaches, risk of fracture, and potential treatment options.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2017Review
- Whole-body vibration can attenuate the deterioration of bone mass and trabecular bone microstructure in rats with spinal cord injury.Spinal cord · 2016Article
- Bone architecture adaptations after spinal cord injury: impact of long-term vibration of a constrained lower limb.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2016Article
- FES-rowing attenuates bone loss following spinal cord injury as assessed by HR-pQCT.Spinal cord series and cases · 2016Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine the effect of low-magnitude whole body vibration on bone density and microstructure in women and men with chronic motor complete paraplegia.
methodsWe studied nine subjects (four women and five men) with motor complete paraplegia of 2 years duration or more, age 20-50 years. Subjects were instructed to stand on a low-magnitude vibration plate within a standing frame for 20 minutes per day, 5 days a week, and for 6 months. Bone density at the proximal femur by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and bone microstructure at the distal tibia by high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography were assessed at four timepoints over 12 months (baseline, at 3 months and 6 months while on intervention, and after 6 months off intervention).
resultsStanding on the low-magnitude vibration plate with a standing frame was well tolerated by participants. However, most subjects did not show an improvement in bone density or microstructure after 6 months of intervention, or any relevant changes 6 months following the discontinuation of the low-magnitude vibration.
conclusionWe were unable to identify an improvement in either bone density or microstructure following 6 months use of a low-magnitude vibration plate in women or men with chronic motor complete paraplegia. Longer duration of use may be necessary, or it is possible that this intervention is of limited benefit following chronic spinal cord injury.
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