Improvement in muscle performance after one-year cessation of low-magnitude high-frequency vibration in community elderly.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate the effects on muscle performance after one-year cessation of 18-month low-magnitude high-frequency vibration (LMHFV) intervention in the untrained community elderly.

Methods

This is a case-control study with 59 community elderly women (25 control without any treatment; 34 received 18-month LMHFV but discontinued for 1 year from our previous clinical study). Muscle strength, balancing ability, occurrence of fall/fracture, quality of life (QoL) were assessed 1-year after cessation of intervention. The 30-month results were compared with baseline and 18-month treatment endpoint data between groups.

Results

At 30 months (i.e. one year post-intervention), the muscle strengths of dominant and non-dominant legs relative to baseline in treatment gro

SUBMITTER: Cheung WH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5089453 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature