Whole Body Vibration and Unstable Shoes on Balance in Healthy Young People

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Balance
• Interventions: Other: Unstable shoes plus Whole-body vibration; Other: Stable shoes plus Whole-body vibration

• Registration Number: NCT04011423
• Lead Sponsor: Cardenal Herrera University

Brief Summary

Aim: To compare the effect of different type of shoes (unstable or stable) combined with a whole body vibration training on balance.

Design: Randomized controlled trial.

Setting: Laboratory of biomechanics.

Population: Healthy young people.

Detailed Description

Background: The use of whole body vibration to train strength and balance has increased in the last years. Last studies have shown that adding an unstable device increased electromyographic activity of the lower limb and the trunk muscles. However, no studies have investigated the effects of wearing unstable shoes during a whole-body vibration training on balance in healthy young people.

Aim: To compare the effects of different type of shoes (unstable \[Intervention group\] or stable \[Control group\]) combined with a 12-weeks whole body vibration training on balance.

Setting: Laboratory of biomechanics.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2019-07-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-07-05
• Study First Posted: 2019-07-08
• Study Start: 2019-07-20
• Primary Completion: 2019-12-20
• Study Completion: 2019-12-24
• Status Verified: 2020-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-01-11
• Last Update Posted: 2020-01-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 23

Inclusion Criteria

• Body mass index < 35.

Exclusion Criteria

• Cardiovascular disease, incapacity to practice a physical activity, musculoskeletal pathologies, neurologic diseases, previous experience with unstable shoes, previous experience with whole-body vibration.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Unstable shoes	Unstable shoes plus Whole-body vibration	Wearing unstable shoes during the whole-body vibration training
Stable shoes	Stable shoes plus Whole-body vibration	Wearing stable shoes during the whole-body vibration training

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Balance	4 weeks	Velocity of the center of pressure assessed with a foot pressure sensitive walkway

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera; 🇪🇸 Moncada, Valencia, Spain