Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of acute Whole Body Vibration (WBV) on static and dynamic balance in physical education students. A total of 30 healthy physical education students participated in this study. The participants were divided into two groups as the Control Group (n = 15) and the Whole Body Vibration group (n = 15). The control group did not carry out any trainings; and the WBV group did acute WBV. The first measurements of height, weight, flamingo balance test for static balance, and the Y balance test for dynamic balance were made for both groups before applying the WBV program. The final measurements were made right after the WBV application. Results are presented as mean ± standard deviation. The values that were obtained from the pre-test and post-test were analyzed with the paired sample t-test after their normality was checked with the Shapire-Wilk Test. The comparisons between the groups were analyzed by using an independent sample t-test at a significance level of p < 0.05. The flamingo balance test was applied to determine the static balance values. According to the flamingo balance test, there was a significant difference between the right leg pre-test and post-test values of the WBV group (p < 0.05). A significant difference was detected between the left leg pre-test and post-test values of the WBV group (p < 0.05). The Y balance test was applied to determine the dynamic balance results. There was a significant difference between the right leg pre-test and post-test values of the WBV group (p < 0.05). There was a significant difference between the left leg pre-test and post-test values of the WBV group. It was determined that the acute WBV has a positive effect on static and dynamic balance.
Highlights
Balance may be defined as whether or not a person can move around the ankle and hip joints or the joints in both areas (Nashner & Mccollum, 1985)
The purpose of the present study is to examine the effect of Acute Whole Body Vibration (WBV) on static and dynamic balance in physical education students
According to the right leg flamingo balance test results, it was determined that there was a significant difference in the comparison of the pre-test and post-test flamingo balance performance scores of the participants in the WBV group (p = .011, p < 0.05)
Summary
Balance may be defined as whether or not a person can move around the ankle and hip joints or the joints in both areas (Nashner & Mccollum, 1985). Balance is the sole important element that affects the movement strategies in the closed kinetic chain It is the most important component of the athletic ability because it covers almost all forms of movement (Blackburn et al, 2000; Matsuda et al, 2008). Optimal balance occurs as a response to the continuous feedback of the visual, vestibular and somatosensory system with neuromuscular effects. This adjusts and maintains the correct body position in a continuous manner (Boccolini et al, 2013; Winter et al, 1990; Oiala et al, 1989; Voorhes, 1990; Lip & Longride, 1994)
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