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NCT Number: NCT04011423

Whole Body Vibration and Unstable Shoes on Balance in Healthy Young People

Aim: To compare the effect of different type of shoes (unstable or stable) combined with a whole body vibration training on balance.

Design: Randomized controlled trial.

Setting: Laboratory of biomechanics.

Population: Healthy young people.

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Key information

Conditions

Balance

Age range

18 year–40 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera

Moncada, Valencia, 46113, Spain

About this study

Background: The use of whole body vibration to train strength and balance has increased in the last years. Last studies have shown that adding an unstable device increased electromyographic activity of the lower limb and the trunk muscles. However, no studies have investigated the effects of wearing unstable shoes during a whole-body vibration training on balance in healthy young people.

Aim: To compare the effects of different type of shoes (unstable [Intervention group] or stable [Control group]) combined with a 12-weeks whole body vibration training on balance.

Setting: Laboratory of biomechanics.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Body mass index < 35.

Exclusion criteria

  • Cardiovascular disease, incapacity to practice a physical activity, musculoskeletal pathologies, neurologic diseases, previous experience with unstable shoes, previous experience with whole-body vibration.

Treatment and study plan

Unstable shoes plus Whole-body vibration

Other

Wearing unstable shoes during the whole-body vibration training

Stable shoes plus Whole-body vibration

Other

Wearing stable shoes during the whole-body vibration training

Primary outcomes

  1. Balance

    Time frame: 4 weeks

    Velocity of the center of pressure assessed with a foot pressure sensitive walkway

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Cardenal Herrera University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Effects of Combined Whole Body Vibration and Unstable Shoes on Balance in Healthy Young People: A Preliminary Randomized Controlled Trial

Acronym: WBV-US

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2019
Study completion
2019
First posted
Jul 8, 2019
Registry last updated
Jan 14, 2020

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