Effects of Vibration Therapy on Hormone Response and Stress in Severely Disabled Patients: A Double‐Blind Randomized Placebo‐Controlled Clinical Trial. Issue 3 (6th August 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Seco, J.; Rodríguez‐Pérez, V.; López‐Rodríguez, A. F.; Torres‐Unda, J.; Echevarria, E.; Díez‐Alegre, M. I.; Ortega, A.; Morán, P.; Mendoza‐Laíz, N.; Abecia Inchaurregui, L. C.
• Is Part Of: Rehabilitation nursing. Volume 40:Issue 3(2015)
• Page Start: 166
• Page End: 178
• Publication Date: 2013-08-06
• Subjects: Rehabilitation nursing -- Periodicals; Nursing -- Periodicals; Rehabilitation -- Periodicals; Soins infirmiers en réadaptation -- Périodiques; 610.73
• DOI: 10.1002/rnj.116
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0278-4807

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" id="rnj116-abs-0001"> <title>Abstract</title> <sec id="rnj116-sec-0001" sec-type="section"> <title>Purpose</title> <p>To assess the effects of vibration therapy (VT) on quality of life and hormone response in severely disabled patients compared with placebo.</p> </sec> <sec id="rnj116-sec-0002" sec-type="section"> <title>Design</title> <p>A longitudinal prospective, double‐blind, randomized placebo‐controlled trial, with pre and postintervention assessments.</p> </sec> <sec id="rnj116-sec-0003" sec-type="section"> <title>Methods</title> <p>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.</p> </sec> <sec id="rnj116-sec-0004" sec-type="section"> <title>Results</title> <p>No statistically significant changes were found in the socio‐psychological variables studied, while in the experimental group state anxiety decreased significantly with <italic>p</italic> < 0.01 (<italic>Z</italic> = 2.38; one‐tailed <italic>p</italic> = .009) and, among the biological variables, the level of cortisol fell (<italic>p</italic> = 0.03).</p> </sec> <sec id="rnj116-sec-0005" sec-type="section"> <title>Conclusion</title> <p>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.</p> <p> <bold>Clinical Relevance: </bold>VT can be considered to have an anti‐stress effect.</p> </sec> </abstract>