TY  - GEN
A1  - Hortobágyi, Tibor
A1  - Lesinski, Melanie
A1  - Fernandez‐del‐Olmo, Miguel
A1  - Granacher, Urs
T1  - Small and inconsistent effects of whole body vibration on athletic performance
BT  - a systematic review and meta-analysis
T2  - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe
N2  - Purpose

We quantified the acute and chronic effects of whole body vibration on athletic performance or its proxy measures in competitive and/or elite athletes.

Methods

Systematic literature review and meta-analysis.

Results

Whole body vibration combined with exercise had an overall 0.3 % acute effect on maximal voluntary leg force (−6.4 %, effect size = −0.43, 1 study), leg power (4.7 %, weighted mean effect size = 0.30, 6 studies), flexibility (4.6 %, effect size = −0.12 to 0.22, 2 studies), and athletic performance (−1.9 %, weighted mean effect size = 0.26, 6 studies) in 191 (103 male, 88 female) athletes representing eight sports (overall effect size = 0.28). Whole body vibration combined with exercise had an overall 10.2 % chronic effect on maximal voluntary leg force (14.6 %, weighted mean effect size = 0.44, 5 studies), leg power (10.7 %, weighted mean effect size = 0.42, 9 studies), flexibility (16.5 %, effect size = 0.57 to 0.61, 2 studies), and athletic performance (−1.2 %, weighted mean effect size = 0.45, 5 studies) in 437 (169 male, 268 female) athletes (overall effect size = 0.44).

Conclusions

Whole body vibration has small and inconsistent acute and chronic effects on athletic performance in competitive and/or elite athletes. These findings lead to the hypothesis that neuromuscular adaptive processes following whole body vibration are not specific enough to enhance athletic performance. Thus, other types of exercise programs (e.g., resistance training) are recommended if the goal is to improve athletic performance.
T3  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe - 627 
KW  - exercise
KW  - muscle
KW  - force
KW  - power
KW  - skill
KW  - reflex
KW  - endocrine
KW  - metabolism
Y1  - 2020
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-431993
SN  - 1866-8364
IS  - 627
ER  -