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Effects of Whole Body Vibration (WBV) on Musculoskeletal System of Aged Women

Effects of Whole Body Vibration (WBV) on Musculoskeletal System of Aged Women

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01982214
Acronym
VIBROS
Enrollment
225
Registered
2013-11-13
Start date
2010-04-30
Completion date
2015-07-31
Last updated
2015-08-10

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Osteopenia

Keywords

osteopenia, whole body vibration, women, bone microarchitecture, bone density

Brief summary

A controlled, non-randomized trial will be carried out in 240 postmenopausal women, aged 55-75 years, over a 18-month period. The group 1 received a physical intervention, consisting of whole body vibration (WBV) over 12 months followed by training arrest during 6 months. The group 2 served as sedentary control. WBV training is performed 2 or 3 times per week, with each session lasting 20 minutes. The training included light squats at 35-50 Hz and ended up by stretching and relaxation exercises at 50 Hz. Bone, muscle and postural evaluations will be performed at the beginning, 6, 12 and 18 months in each group with evaluation of bone micro-architectural trabecular and cortical compartments, at the weight bearing tibia and the non weight bearing radius. The primary outcome of the project is the pre, mid, and post evaluations of bone. Bone exploration included dual x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and high resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR-pQCT). Bone Mass Density (BMD) will be evaluated by DXA at lumbar, femoral levels and humeral, macro and micro-architectures of the cortical and trabecular compartments will be evaluated in distal radius and tibia by HR-pQCT and bone markers will be analyzed longitudinally. The secondary aim is to assess muscle performance and proprioception. Finally will be assessed markers of cartilage degradation and synthesis, no study has been published on this tissue.

Interventions

DEVICEsedentary

No intervention

DEVICEVibration

Subjects will be submitted to the WBV for 5 to 20 minutes, 2 or 3 times a week with frequencies between 35 to 50 Hz while 12 months

Sponsors

Association pour le Développement de la Recherche sur l'Appareil Locomoteur dans la Loire
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
55 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Be sedentary (less than 2 hours physical activity of low intensity per week) * Fracture risk Densitometry Risk factors (FRAX) index between 3 and 10% * Consent form signed

Exclusion criteria

* Bone concomitant disease (such as Paget's disease, osteomalacia), * Endocrinopathy defined on biological criteria (such as Cushing's disease, hyperparathyroidism, hyperthyroidism, hypogonadism), * Smoking habits (more than 5 cigarettes per day), chronic alcoholism, * Treatments received in the previous 6 months affecting bone metabolism such as anabolics, anti-osteoporotic treatment, corticosteroids. * Having a prosthesis (femur and knee),or recently placed metal bouts or plates * acute thrombotic problems, * severe heart- and vascular diseases, * recent injuries due to operation or polyclinical intervention, * acute hernia, discopathy, spondylolysis, * epilepsy, * severe migraine, * pacemaker, * every neurodegenerative or neuromuscular disease, * dementia

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Trabecular bone volume at the femoral neck12 monthbone densitometric parameters will be evaluated with DXA (dual x-ray absorptiometry)

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Serum bone markers12 monthWe will evaluated the activity of bone serum markers of bone formation (amino-terminal propeptide type I procollagen, PINP) and of bone resorption (C telopeptide of type I collagen, S-CTX).
Bone cortical compartment at radius and tibia12 month

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026