Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
6th European Sports Medicine Congress, Antalya, Türkiye, 14 - 18 Ekim 2009, ss.141-144
The objective of this study is to investigate effect of 8 weeks whole body vibration training on body composition and flexibility. This study involved 60 participants. The subjects of the study were 30 women with mean age of 36.83 +/- 03.38 years old, mean height of 164.33 +/- 11.23 cm and mean weight of 67.28 +/- 05.21. The subjects performed unloaded static and dynamic exercise on vibration platform accompanied by a physical education and sports trainer. The control group (n=30) was selected randomly and didn't participate in any training. Body composition was determined by bioelectrical impedance analysis. Posterior body flexibility was determinated by sit-and-reach test. After 8 weeks, no significant change occured in waist/hip ratio (p>0.05), whereas, significant differences were observed in muscle weight (p=0.001), fat mass (p=0.001), total body water (p<0.001), fat free mass (p<0.001), body fat ratio (p<0.001) and basal metabolic rate (p<0.001). There was also significant change in flexibility (p>0.001). No significant changes were found for all the outcome measures of the control group.