EXPLORING THE EFFECTS OF A 20-WEEK WHOLE-BODY VIBRATION TRAINING PROGRAMME ON LEG MUSCLE PERFORMANCE AND FUNCTION IN PERSONS WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS Universiteit Hasselt
Objective To investigate the acute effects of long term whole body vibration on leg muscle performance and functional capacity in persons with multiple sclerosis Design A randomized controlled trial Subjects Twenty five patients with multiple sclerosis (mean age 47 9 +/- 1 9 years Expanded Disability Status Scale 4 3 +/- 0 2) were assigned randomly to whole body vibration training (n = 11) or to a control group (n = 14) Methods The whole body ...