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What is Whole Body Vibration Training
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3. Origin
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Vibration Training
Humans experience the effects of externally applied forces constantly
when exercising. When our feet contact ground during locomotion or as
we strike objects with sport implements and daily activities, for example
skiing, surfing, riding, dancing, public transportations, boat, aircraft and
many more. These contacts create vibrations within the tissues of the
limbs, which gradually decline as soft tissues dampen these oscillations,
so that calls “vibration stimulus”. The body relies on a number of factors
to achieve this reduction in vibrations, primarily soft tissue structures, but
also bone, synovial fluids, specific joint positions, and muscle activity.
Principle
－
Vibration Theory
W
hole
B
ody
V
ibration training(
WBV
) is, that subject stands on a
platform or plate that produces sinusoidal oscillations either in a vertical
up and down motion, or that rotates about a center fulcrum producing up
and down vertical motion on alternating sides of the fulcrum, applied to
either muscle tendons, or skeletal muscle indirectly to increases muscle
activity and subsequently enhances muscle performance in both acute and
chronic conditions for training purpose and sports performance
enhancement. Through WBV to induce
T
onic
V
ibration
R
eflex(
TVR
),
which is a sustained contraction of a muscle subjected to vibration caused
by vibratory activation of muscle spindles-muscle receptors sensitive to
stretch, has significant improvements on strength and explosive power.
And today, vibration has been proven with significant positive effects on
neuromuscular, bone density, metabolism and many more by sports
scientists and academic.
Application of Vibration Training
Since the early 1960s, vibration stimulation has been used in medical
rehabilitation to stimulate and induce the activation of the muscle
proprioceptors. The contractions caused by this stimulation help restore
normal muscle function. In the field of rehabilitation vibration is being
used on patients to help relieve muscle stress, repair and restore range of