Manual of Vibration Exercise and Vibration Therapy

Preface.- THE FUNDAMENTALS.- Physics of Vibration.- The Biology of Vibration.-Design principles of Available machines.-Safety and contra-indications.- PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES.- Biomechanics of Vibration Exercise.- Cutaneous and muscle mechanoreceptors, their sensitivity to mechanical vibrations.-Electromyographical recordings during Vibration.- Supraspinal Responses & Spinal Reflexes.- Assesing reflex latencies in responses to vibration: Evidence for the involvemnet of more than one receptor.-Metabolic responses to whole body vibration exercise.- Circulation Effects.- Hormonal responses to vibration therapy.- USE OF VIBRATION FOR TRAINING.- Warming up.-Modulation of Neuromuscular Function.- Application in Athletics.- Using whole body vibration for countermeasure exercise.- CLINICAL APPLICATIONS.- How to Design Exercise Sessions with Whole Body Vibration Platforms.- Whole Body Vibration in Geriatric Rehabilitation. -Application of vibration training for enhancing bone strength.-Whole body vibration exercise as a treatment option for chronic lower back pain.- Pediatric Rehabilitation.- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).- Urinary Incontinence.-Primary Muscle Disorders.-Application of vibration training in people with common neurological disorders.- Whole body vibration therapy in patients with pulmonary hypertension and right heart failure: Lessons from a pilot study.-Vibration exercise and vibration therapy in metabolic syndrome.-Whole body vibration exercise in Cancer.-GLOSSARY, APPENDICES.