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ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS:

Mark, A., et al. “Metabolic and Cardiovascular Responses During Whole Body Vibration Exercise: a Pilot Study.” FULL ARTICLE

Science News, Vol. 156, No. 20, 1999, pg. 316.Raloff, Janet. “Medicinal EMFs: Harnessing Electric and Magnetic Fields for Healing and Health.” FULL ARTICLE

Barry, Patrick L. “Good Vibrations: A New Treatment Under Study by NASA-funded Doctors Could Reverse Bone Loss Experienced by Astronauts in Space.” FULL ARTICLE

Bosco, C., et al. “New Trends in Training Science: The Use of Vibrations for Enhancing Performance.” FULL ARTICLE

BACK PAIN:

Fontana, Tania L., Carolyn A. Richardson, and Warren R. Stanton. “The Effect of Weightbearing Exercise With Low-Frequency, Whole Body Vibration on Lumbosacral Proprioception: A pilot study on normal subjects.” FULL ARTICLE

REHABILITATION:

Melnyk M.; B. Kofler, M. Faist, M. Hodapp, A. Gollhofer. “Effect of a Whole-Body Vibration Session on Knee Stability.” International Journal of Sports Medicine. 2008 Apr 9. FULL ARTICLE

OSTEOPOROSIS:

Verschueren, S., M. Roelants, C. Delecluse, S. Swinnen, D. Vanderschueren and S. Boonen. “Effect of 6-Month Whole Body Vibration Training on Hip Density, Muscle Strength, and Postural Control in Postmenopausal Women: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study.” Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, Vol. 19, March 2004, pg. 352-359. FULL ARTICLE

PARKINSON’S DISEASE:

Turbanski S, Haas CT, Schmidtbleicher D, Friedrich A, Duisberg P. “Effects of Random Whole Body Vibration on Postural Control in Parkinson’s Disease. “Research in Sports Medicine, 2005, Jul-Sep, Vol. 13, No. 3, pg. 243-56. FULL ARTICLE

Haas, Christian T., Stephan Turbanski, Kirn Kessler and Dietmar Schmidtbleicher. “The Effects of Random Whole Body Vibration on Motor Symptoms in Parkinson’s Disease. “NeuroRehabilitation 21, 2006: 29–36. FULL ARTICLE

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS:

Schuhfried, Othmar, C. Mittermaier, T. Jovanovic, K. Pieber and T. Paternostro-Sluga. “Effects of Whole Body Vibration in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis: A pilot study.” Clinical Rehabilitation 2005, Vol. 19: 834-842. FULL ARTICLE

STROKE:

Van Nes, Ilse J.W., et al. “Short-Term Effects of Whole-Body Vibration on Postural Control in Unilateral Chronic Stroke Patients: Preliminary Evidence.” Abstract from the American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vol. 83, No. 11, Nov. 2004, pg. 867-873. FULL ARTICLE

Tihanyi, T.K., M. Horváth, G. Fazekas, T. Hortobágyi and J. Tihanyi. “One Session of Whole Body Vibration Increases Voluntary Muscle Strength Transiently in Patients with Stroke.” Clinical Rehabilitation 2007. Vol. 21: 782–793. FULL ARTICLE

TINNITUS:

Lenhardt, M.L., et al. “Use of High-Frequency and Muscle Vibration in the Treatment of Tinnitus.”International Tinnitus Journal, 2003, Vol. 9, No. 1, pg. 32-36. FULL ARTICLE