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. 2022 Feb 8;11(2):266.
doi: 10.3390/biology11020266.

Effectiveness of Whole-Body Vibration Combined with Multicomponent Training on the Risk of Falls and Quality of Life in Elderly Women with Osteoporosis: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Rúbia Rayanne Souto Braz  1 , Shirley Lima Campos  1   2   3 , Débora Wanderley Villela  1   2 , Gabriel Barreto Antonino  1   2   4 , Pâmella Karolline Araújo Batista  5 , Marcelo Renato Guerino  6   7 , François Talles Medeiros Rodrigues  8 , Kennedy Freitas Pereira Alves  1 , João Victor Torres Duarte  2 , Diana de Andrade Silva  2 , Daniel Florentino Lima  2 , Arthur Felipe Freire da Silva  2 , Karla Cybele Vieira de Oliveira  1 , Edy Kattarine Dias Dos Santos  1 , Wagner Souza Leite  3 , Larissa Coutinho de Lucena  9 , Ana Paula de Lima Ferreira  1   2 , Kátia Monte-Silva  1   2   4 , Maria das Graças Rodrigues de Araújo  1   2 , Redha Taiar  10
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Effectiveness of Whole-Body Vibration Combined with Multicomponent Training on the Risk of Falls and Quality of Life in Elderly Women with Osteoporosis: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Rúbia Rayanne Souto Braz et al. Biology (Basel). .

Abstract

Osteoporosis and the risk of falls increase the risk of fractures and events of falls. Prescriptions and programs for different forms of exercise have different impacts on the risk of falls, and exercises from multiple categories of whole-body vibration can be effective. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of whole-body vibration (WBV) protocol combined with multicomponent training (MCT) in elderly women with osteoporosis and their history of falls. Our proposal is a protocol for a randomized clinical trial, divided into two stages: First, development of a protocol for WVB combined with MCT for elderly women with osteoporosis and a history of falls, under the Guidelines of the American College of Sports Medicine, and following the recommendations of the Standard Protocol Items Recommendations for Interventional Trials (SPIRIT), and second, a randomized controlled clinical trial following the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT). This trial will have implications for the effectiveness of a vibration protocol combined with multicomponent exercise on the risk of falls and quality of life for older women with osteoporosis. We expect that adding full-body vibration to an exercise protocol will decrease the risk of falls and improve participants' quality of life, as well as their strength, balance, and functional capacity.

Keywords: elderly; exercise; falls; osteoporosis; quality of life; vibration.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials flow diagram.
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Participant position during vibration platform.
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