healthy participants
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: whole-body vibrationstraining at least two times a week (at least overall 24 trainings sessions) each lasting 10 to 15 minutes during 12 weeks
Group 2: control group, no intervention
Sponsors
Institut für SportwissenschaftCarl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - healthy male and female employees at an age of 18 to 65 years working in care
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - large, unstable gallstones and nephroliths - thrombosis - sugeries in the last 6-8 weeks - artificial joint replacements in the last 6 months - coronary heart disease or arterial occlusive disease - insufficiently treated hypertension - diabetes mellitus with advanced microangiopathies, gangrenes, diabetic feet, retinal problems - cardiac or brain pacemaker - pregnancy - age under 18 - acute inflammation of the musculoskeletal system (activated arthrosis or arthropathy) - acute tendinopathies in body parts affected by the intervention - acute hernias - acute diskopathies - recent fractures in body parts affected by the intervention - rheumatoid arthritis - epilepsy (secundary risk of injury) - loop (4 weeks after implementation)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| maximum lifted weight in the Progressive Isointernal Lifting Evaluation at baseline and after the the 3 months of intervention | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| - physical activity: Freiburger activity questionnaire at start of the study - quality of life: SF-36 - working ability: Work-Ability-Index (WAI) - evaluation of the intervention all data will be collected at baseline and after 3 months of intervention | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactTobias Stephan Kaeding
Institut für SportwissenschaftCarl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
Outcome results
None listed