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Effects of Vibration Therapy on Hormone Response and Stress in Severely Disabled Patients: A Double-Blind Randomized Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial
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Facultad/Centro
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Título de la revista
Rehabilitation Nursing
Número de la revista
3
Cita Bibliográfica
Seco Calvo, J. Á.; Rodríguez Pérez, V.; López Rodríguez, A. F.; Torres‐Unda, J.; Echevarria, E.; Diéz Alegre, M. I.; Ortega Valín, L.; Morán Del Pozo, J. M.; Mendoza Laíz, N.; Abecia Inchaurregui, L. C. (2015). Effects of Vibration Therapy on Hormone Response and Stress in Severely Disabled Patients: A Double-Blind Randomized Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial. Rehabilitation Nursing, 40, 166-178(3), https://doi.org/10.1002/RNJ.116
Editorial
Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Fecha
2015
ISSN
0278-4807
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[EN] Abstract
Purpose:
To assess the effects of vibration therapy (VT) on quality of life and hormone response in severely disabled patients compared with placebo.
Design:
A longitudinal prospective, double-blind, randomized placebo-controlled trial, with pre and postintervention assessments.
Methods:
A total of 20 severely disabled individuals were recruited from a National Reference Centre in Spain: 13 (65%) men and 7 (35%) women, 45.5 ± 9.32 years of age (range 41: 22–63). We evaluated their physical stress and state anxiety.
Results:
No statistically significant changes were found in the socio-psychological variables studied, while in the experimental group state anxiety decreased significantly with p < 0.01 (Z = 2.38; one-tailed p = .009) and, among the biological variables, the level of cortisol fell (p = 0.03).
Conclusion:
Short periods of exposure to low-frequency and low-amplitude local vibration are a safe and effective mechanical stimulus that can have a positive effect in terms of hormone response.
Clinical Relevance: VT can be considered to have an anti-stress effect.
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