Whole-body vibration and benefits for people with osteoarthritis: A systematic review Creative Commons
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Pedro Ronikeile da Costa,

Danúbia da Cunha Sá-Caputo,

Adriano Arnóbio,

Dulciane Nunes Paiva,

Rafaelle Pacheco,

Cristiane Kutter,

Rebeca Costa,

Paula Mantilla Giehl,

Pedro Jesus Marin,

Jay R. Salmon,

Mark Tillman,

Mario Bernardo-Filho

International Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Journal Year: 2014, Volume and Issue: Vol.6(9), P. 201 - 210

Published: Sept. 30, 2014

Whole body vibration (WBV) can be an important tool to treat patients with osteoarthritis (OA). The purpose of this study was to systematically review published research concerning the use of WBV in people with OA. In PubMed and Scopus, the number of publications (NP) is respectively to the keywords arthrosis, 289,586 and 10,569, osteoarthrosis, 299,158 and 3,952, arthritis, 251,453 and 236,849 and osteoarthritis, 56,323 and 80,008. Putting together the information found in the analyzed 4 papers, the numbers of subjects were ranging from 15 to 52 and frequencies ranging from 24 to 40 Hz. Self-report of the status of disease …