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Effect of whole body vibration in Parkinson's disease: A controlled study
Author(s) -
Arias Pablo,
Chouza Marcelo,
Vivas Jamile,
Cudeiro Javier
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
movement disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.352
H-Index - 198
eISSN - 1531-8257
pISSN - 0885-3185
DOI - 10.1002/mds.22468
Subject(s) - whole body vibration , placebo , parkinson's disease , physical medicine and rehabilitation , physical therapy , medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , motor symptoms , clinical trial , psychology , disease , vibration , alternative medicine , pathology , physics , nursing , quantum mechanics
In the search of new strategies to improve the quality of life of Parkinson's disease patients, recent work has reported an amelioration of Parkinsonian symptoms using Whole Body Vibration (WBV). A double‐blinded, placebo controlled design was used to evaluate the effect of a 12 WBV sessions‐programme on a number of motor and clinical tests in 23 Parkinson's disease patients. Patients were assigned to one of two groups, one receiving WBV and the other a placebo group. At the end of the programme as well as during intra‐session evaluation, there was no difference between the experimental (vibration) and placebo groups in any outcomes. These results suggest that reported benefits of vibration are due to a placebo response. © 2009 Movement Disorder Society