Main description:

This book addresses the practical aspects of vibration exercise and vibration therapy. In addition, it describes the technical and physiological background, providing applied scientists and doctors with a deeper understanding of the therapeutic potential that vibration exercise holds. Having first emerged two decades ago, vibration exercise has since established itself as a widespread form of physical exercise, used in all rehabilitation areas. The goal of this book is to close the gap between scientific knowledge and practice.Given that occupational exposure to vibration leads to well-known unfavorable effects, the book is also dedicated to potential risks, hazards and contra-indications and of course, the application of vibration therapy in a number of specific conditions is presented in a clinically usable fashion.

Given its breadth of coverage, this book will be of interest to physiotherapists and exercise scientists, but also to a wider range of physicians working in the field of rehabilitation.

Contents:

PrefacePART I: THE FUNDAMENTALS1. Physics of Vibration2. The Biology of Vibration3. Design principles of Available machines4. Safety and contra-indicationsPART II: PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES5. Biomechanics of Vibration Exercise6. Cutaneous and muscle mechanoreceptors, their sensitivity to mechanical vibrations7. Electromyographical recordings during Vibration8. Supraspinal Responses & Spinal Reflexes9. Assesing reflex latencies in responses to vibration: Evidence for the involvement of more than one receptor10. Metabolic responses to whole body vibration exercise11. Circulation Effects12. Hormonal responses to vibration therapyPART III: USE OF VIBRATION FOR TRAINING13. Warming up14. Modulation of Neuromuscular Function15. Application in Athletics16. Using whole body vibration for countermeasure exercisePART IV: CLINICAL APPLICATIONS17. How to Design Exercise Sessions with Whole Body Vibration Platforms18. Whole Body Vibration in Geriatric Rehabilitation19. Application of vibration training for enhancing bone strength20. Whole body vibration exercise as a treatment option for chronic lower back pain21. Pediatric Rehabilitation22. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)23. Urinary Incontinence24. Primary Muscle Disorders25. Application of vibration training in people with common neurological disorders26. Whole body vibration therapy in patients with pulmonary hypertension and right heart failure: Lessons from a pilot study27. Vibration exercise and vibration therapy in metabolic syndrome28. Whole body vibration exercise in CancerGLOSSARY, APPENDICES.