Reviewing the Research on Vibration Training

Recently Nick Grantham of the English Institute of Sport reviewed the research on vibration platforms.

He looked at both health, rehabilitation, and performance enhancement. Grantham’s findings were published in the Sports Injury Bulletin.

The final conclusions:

Should we all rush out and buy vibration platforms for our clinics? Despite the mounting body of evidence in support of this

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Exercise Lecturer Cautions Against Vibration Training Claims

Dr Sue Broadbent is a lecturer in exercise prescription at the Institute of Human Nutrition and Health in Wellington, New Zealand. She makes the following statements in New Zealand’s Sunday Star Times.

“There’s some evidence it may improve fitness and yield better results than normal resistance training with weights, but it’s not increasing cardiac fitness at all.

“In other words, it won’t

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Vibration Training for Sprinters: No Marked Improvement

A recent article in NCSA Performance Training Journal shows that there is no marked improvement for sprinters using whole Body vibration.

See more about the article here.