Whole-Body-Vibration Training and Balance in Recreational Athletes With Chronic Ankle Instability.

ABSTRACT:

Context

  Deficits in the propioceptive system of the ankle contribute to chronic ankle instability (CAI). Recently, whole-body-vibration (WBV) training has been introduced as a preventive and rehabilitative tool.

Objective

  To evaluate how a 6-week WBV training program on an unstable surface affected balance and body composition in recreational athletes with CAI.

Design

  Randomized controlled clinical trial.

Setting

  Research laboratory.

Patients or other participants

  Fifty recreational athletes with self-reported CAI were randomly assigned to a vibration (VIB), nonvibration (NVIB), or control group.

Intervention(s)

  The VIB and NVIB groups performed unilateral balance training on a BOSU 3 times weekly for 6 weeks. The VIB group trained on

SUBMITTER: Sierra-Guzman R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5967277 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature