PowerVibe Zen Pro TVR?6920FE, User Manual

Page: 6 / 40

6
Operation Info
PRODUCTS INTRODUCTION
1. What is Whole Body Vibration Training?
‧
Origin
－
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 motion, osteoporosis prevention, improve
blood circulation, metabolism and improve the autonomic nervous system.
Initially, the concept behind vibration training had its roots in East Germany with a technique called
Rhythmic Neuromuscular Stimulation (RNS). This science was later embraced and developed by
Russian scientists to combat the growing issue of osteoporosis.