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ArticleJournal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions2018

Bone changes after short-term whole body vibration are confined to cancellous bone.

William O Runge, David S Ruppert, Denis J Marcellin-Little, Laurence E Dahners, Ola LA Harrysson, Paul S Weinhold

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Article in Journal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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6 authors.

William O RungeDepartment of Orthopaedics School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
David S Ruppert
Denis J Marcellin-Little
Laurence E Dahners
Ola LA Harrysson
Paul S Weinhold

Funding

PILOT AND FEASIBILITY STUDIESP30DK034987 · NIDDK · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI ROBERT S. SANDLER · 1985 to 2026
$30.5M
UNC Clinical and Translational Science AwardUL1TR000083 · NCATS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI RUNGE, MARSCHALL S. · 2012 to 2013
$11.6M
UNC Clinical Translation Science Award-K12 Scholars Program (KL2)KL2TR000084 · NCATS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI RUNGE, MARSCHALL S. · 2012 to 2013
$2.3M
UNC-CH Summer Research Training in Aging for Medical StudentsT35AG038047 · NIA · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI JAN BUSBY-WHITEHEAD · 2010 to 2026
$1.4M
UNC Clinical Translation Science Award-T32 Program (TL1)TL1TR000085 · NCATS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI RUNGE, MARSCHALL S. · 2012 to 2013
$171k
NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR000084NCATS NIH HHS TL1 TR000085NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000083NIA NIH HHS T35 AG038047NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK034987
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis study assessed femur properties in 80 adult female rats exposed to a range of whole body vibration amplitudes at 45 Hz over five weeks. Our hypothesis was that an optimal amplitude for whole body vibration would be apparent and would result in increased bone strength.

methodsAnimals were treated in five amplitude groups (0 g, 0.15 g, 0.3 g, 0.6 g, and 1.2 g peak), for 15 minutes per day, five days per week, for five weeks. Femur strength was assessed via: (1) three-point bending of the shaft, (2) cantilever bending of the neck, and (3) indentation of distal cancellous bone. Femoral bone mineral density, plasma prostaglandin E2 (PGE

resultsVibration doubled (P=0.039) cancellous bone stiffness in the 0.6 g and 1.2 g groups and induced a 74% increase in PGE2 concentrations (P=0.007). However, femoral densitometry and strength of the neck and shaft were unchanged and the cancellous bone indentation strength did not differ statistically (P=0.084). Cartilage thickness of vibrated groups at the medial condyle did not increase significantly (P=0.142) and the histopathologic grade did not change. There was no definitive optimal vibration amplitude.

conclusionThe benefits of vibration therapy over five weeks were confined to cancellous bone.

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AnimalsBone DensityCancellous BoneFemaleFemurRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyTime FactorsVibration

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PMID30511952
PMCPMC6313037

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