Used by NASA and ESA  in the preperation phase of cosmonauts, vibration training is becoming day by day a new trend!!! Neuromuscular disorders, osteoporosis, and other conditions can also be treated in order to enhance rehabilitation.

Is there a scientific basis for this?

Yes!!! 

There are many studies done around the world, on the positive effect of vibration training on human body. The literature bibliographies show there are sufficient scientific publications in leading journals about this training methodology. All of them prove that it effects positively not only the muscle performance, but also the peripheral vascular system, bone metabolism and clinical conditions. Prof. Bosco presented the most dramatic results due to his implementation of his discoveries. The wide range of scientific researches and publications prove that the NEMES-BOSCO SYSTEM has a wide scientific basis.

Below you can find some selected research papers related to the benefits of vibration training:

• Bosco, C; Cardinale, M; Tsarpela, O; Locatelli, E:

New trends in training science: The use of vibrations for enhancing performance;

New Studies in Athletics, Vol.14, No.4, 1999, pg.55-62.

• Bosco C, Iacovelli M, Tsarpela O, Cardinale M, Bonifazi M, Tihanyi J, Viru M, De Lorenzo A, Viru A.:

Hormonal responses to whole-body vibration in men.

Eur J Appl Physiol. 2000 Apr;81(6):449-454. 

• Bosco C, Cardinale M, Tsarpela O.

Influence of vibration on mechanical power and electromyogram activity in human arm flexor muscles.

Eur J Appl Physiol Occup Physiol 1999 Mar;79(4):306-11

• Bosco C, Colli R, Introini E, Cardinale M, Tsarpela O, M Iacovelli, Tihanyi J, Viru A, S.P. von Duvillard

Adaptive responses of human skeletal muscle to vibration exposure.

Clin Physiol. 1999 Mar;19(2):183-7.

• Bosco C, Colli R, Cardinale M, Tihanyi J, von Duvillard S.P. Viru A

The Influence of Whole Body Vibration on the mechanical behavior of skeletal muscle

Biology of Sport, Vol 15, No 3 1998 p. 157-164

• Bosco C, Iacovelli M, Tsarpela O, Cardinale M, Bonifazi M, Tihany J, Viru A,( 1999)

Effect of acute whole body vibration treatment on mechanical power, electromyogram and hormonal profile of male athletes.

In: Proceedings of the 4th Annual Congress of the European College of Sports Science. Pp. 279  

• Issurin V.B. , Tenenbaum G.

Acute and residal effects of Vibratory stimulation on explosive force in Elite and amateur athletes

J. Sports Sciences, 1999, nr. 17 p 177 – 182

• Cardinale M.

The effects of Vibration on human performance and hormonal profile

Abstract of the Ph.D. Thesis, Budapest 2002

•   Cardinale M, LIM J.

The acute effects of two different whole body vibration frequencies on vertical jump performance

Med Sport 2003;56:287-92

• Delecluse C., Roelants M., Verschueren S.

Strength increase after Whole Body Vibration compared with resistance training

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 2003, 1033-1041

• Rittweger J., Beller G., Felsenberg D.

Acute Physiological effects of exhaustive Whole Body Vibration exercise in man

Clin. Physiol., 2000 nr. 20 p. 134-142

• Rittweger J., Mutschelknauss M ., Felsenberg D.

Acute changes in neuromuscular excitability after exhaustive Whole Body Vibration exercise as compared to exhaustion by squatting exercise

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

• Torvinen S. et al.

Effect of Vibration exposure on muscular performance and body. Randomized cross-over study

Clin. Pgysiology and Functional Imaging 2002 nr. 22 p. 145-152

• Rittweger J, Just K, Kautzsch K, Reeg P, Felsenberg D.

Treatment of chronic lower back pain with lumbar extension and whole-body vibration exercise: a randomized controlled trial.

Spine. 2002 Sep 1;27(17):1829-34.

• Kerschan-Schindl K, Grampp S, Henk C, Resch H, Preisinger E, Fialka-Moser V, Imhof H.

Whole-body vibration exercise leads to alterations in muscle blood volume.

Clin Physiol. 2001 May;21(3):377-82.

• Rittweger J, Schiessl H, Felsenberg D.

Oxygen uptake during whole-body vibration exercise: comparison with squatting as a slow volontary movement.

Eur J Appl Physiol, 2001, Dec;86(2):169-73

• Ishitake T. Miyazaki Y., Ando H., Mataka T.

Suppresive mechanism of gastric motility by Whole Body Vibration

Int. Arch Occup. Environ Health, 1999, 72:469-474

• Gianoutsos, et al.

The effects of Whole Body Vibration on reflex-induced standing in persons with chronic and acute Spinal Cord Injury" 

New York School of Medicine at the AAPMR

• Runge M.

Balance training and exercise in geriatric patients

Musculoskeletal Interactions 2000, nr 1p. 54-58

• Flieger, J.; Karachalios, Th.; Khaldi, L.; Raptou, P.; Lyritis, G.

Mechanical stimulation in the form of vibration prevents postmenopausal bone loss in ovari -ectomized rats

Calcif. Tissue Int. Vol. 63., 1998, pg. 510-514.

• Tylee M., M.R. Popovic, S. Yu and C. Craven

Human responses to Vibration Therapy

University of Toronto, Canada

• Clinton Rubin, Gang Xu, and Stefan Judex

The anabolic activity of bone tissue, suppressed by disuse, is normalised by brief exposure to extremely low-magnitude mechanical stimuli

FASEB J. 15, 2225-2229 (2001)

• Clinton Rubin, Robert Recker, Diane Cullen, John Ryaby, Joan McCabe, Kenneth McLeod

Prevention of Postmenopausal Bone Loss by a Low-Magnitude, High-Frequency Mechanical Stimuli: A Clinical Trial Assessing Compliance,

Efficacy and Safety

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volume 19, Number 3, (2004)

• Warman G, Humphries B, Purton J.

The effects of timing and application of vibration on muscular contractions

Aviat Space Environ Med, Feb;73(2):119-27 (2002)

• L Ahlborg, C Andersson, P Julin

  - Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Stockholm, Danderyd University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

  - Department of Neurotec, Division of Physiotherapy, Karolinska Institutet,

  Stockholm, Sweden

Whole Body Vibration Training compared with resistance training: Effect on spasticity, muscle strength and motor performsnce in adults with cerebral palsy 

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Voumel 38, Number 5, (2006), :302 - 308

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