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| Title |
The preliminary effect of whole-body vibration intervention on improving the skeletal muscle mass index, physical fitness, and quality of life among older people with sarcopenia
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| Published in |
BMC Geriatrics, January 2018
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12877-018-0712-8 |
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| Authors |
Shu-Fang Chang, Pei-Chen Lin, Rong-Sen Yang, Rea-Jeng Yang |
| Abstract |
Studies have shown that sarcopenia easily leads to difficulty moving, disability, and poor quality of life. However, researches on the use of whole-body vibration for older adults with sarcopenia living in institutions have been lacking. Therefore, the main objective of the present study was to investigate the effect of whole-body vibration intervention on improving the skeletal muscle mass index, physical fitness, and quality of life of older adults with sarcopenia living in institutions. This study adopted a quasi-experimental, single-group, pretest-posttest design. The whole-body vibration intervention was performed over a 3-month period, in which the older adults trained 3 times per week; each training lasted 60 s with a break of 30 s for 10 repetitions. The older adults' skeletal muscle mass index, physical fitness and quality of life before and after the intervention of the whole-body vibration was collected. Concerning the statistical methods adopted, nonparametric method-based tests were employed. According to the results of analysis, after the intervention of the 12-week whole-body vibration, the skeletal muscle mass index (z = - 3.621, p = 0.000), physical fitness on standing on one foot (z = - 2.447, p = 0.014), shoulder-arm flexibility (z = - 3.159, p = 0.002), 8-ft up and go test (z = - 2.692, p = 0.009), hand grip strength (z = - 3.388, p = 0.009), and five repeated sit-to-stand tests (z = - 2.936, p = 0.003), all improved significantly. Furthermore, concerning the quality of life of the older adults in the pretest and posttest, the improvements were statistically significant (z = - 2.533, p = 0.011). The study results showed the effect of whole-body vibration intervention on improving the skeletal muscle mass index, physical fitness, and quality of life of sarcopenic older people living in institutions and could serve as a crucial reference to health care professionals. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 1 | 100% |
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| Type | Count | As % |
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| Scientists | 1 | 100% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 174 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 27 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 19 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 16 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 6% |
| Researcher | 9 | 5% |
| Other | 32 | 18% |
| Unknown | 60 | 34% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Nursing and Health Professions | 35 | 20% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 24 | 14% |
| Sports and Recreations | 21 | 12% |
| Engineering | 5 | 3% |
| Psychology | 4 | 2% |
| Other | 15 | 9% |
| Unknown | 70 | 40% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 March 2018.
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#4,119,648
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#1,074
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#91,884
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#34
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