ArticleMedicine2018
Whole-body vibration exercise for low back pain: A meta-analysis protocol of randomized controlled trial.
Article in Medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Vibration therapy to improve pain and function in patients with chronic low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2023Pooled it
- Core and Whole Body Vibration Exercise Influences Muscle Sensitivity and Posture during a Military Foot March.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Trial
- Impact of Exercise Therapy on Outcomes in Patients with Low Back Pain: An Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Physical Exercise with or without Whole-Body Vibration in Breast Cancer Patients Suffering from Aromatase Inhibitor-Induced Musculoskeletal Symptoms: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Study.Journal of personalized medicine · 2021Article
- Whole-body vibration mediates mechanical hypersensitivity through Aβ-fiber and C-fiber thermal sensation in a chronic pain model.Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundLow back pain (LBP) affects about 80% of the population at some time in their lives. Exercise therapy is the most widely used nonsurgical intervention for low back pain in practice. Thus, whole-body vibration (WBV) exercise is becoming increasingly popular in relieving musculoskeletal pain and in improving function. However, the efficacy of WBV exercise is not without dispute for low back pain. This meta-analysis, with its comprehensive and rigorous methodology, will provide better insight into this problem.
methodsPublished articles will be identified using electronic searches from 1950 to 2018. The Cochrane Library, PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, CINAHL-Ebsco, PEDro, and China Biology Medicine will be searched for randomized controlled trials. Studies without a parallel comparison group will be excluded. Two reviewers will independently select relevant studies that investigate on WBV exercise for patients with LBP. Data extraction will be done independently by the same 2 reviewers who selected the studies. The primary outcome will be to assess pain, back-specific disability index, and adverse effect. Continuous data will be pooled by calculating the mean difference using the random-effects model.
resultsThe results of the final meta-analysis will provide an evidence of WBV exercise for low back pain.
conclusionThis meta-analysis will provide a detailed summary of the evidence on the effects of WBV exercise on patients with LBP, in comparison with general exercise or without treatment. This review will benefit to researchers and policy makers who are interested in the treatment of LBP by WBV exercise.
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