{"id":10499,"date":"2023-12-15T12:56:50","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T11:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wibroterapia.com\/?p=10499"},"modified":"2023-12-15T12:56:50","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T11:56:50","slug":"daily-vibrotherapy-treatments-improve-mobility-for-seniors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wibroterapia.com\/en\/daily-vibrotherapy-treatments-improve-mobility-for-seniors\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily vibrotherapy treatments improve mobility for seniors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Human ageing is an inevitable process. The proportion of older people in the Polish population has reached 25.6%. According to a forecast by the Central Statistical Office (CSO), the number of people aged 60 and over in Poland is expected to increase to 10.8 million in 2030.<\/p>\n

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Sedentary lifestyles, low levels of activity among seniors, lifestyle diseases and excessive drug consumption have a fundamental impact on the quality of ageing. The number of geriatric wards, which already treat nearly 30,000 people, is growing every year. On average, there are as many as 7.2 outpatient consultations per senior citizen, which accounted for 62.6% of all outpatient consultations given in 2020. Although statistics indicate that the overall physical condition of Polish seniors is worryingly poor, the situation is beginning to improve as a result of research into improving physical condition in people over 60.<\/p>\n

Scientific research into the effects of vibrotherapy on the muscular system, in people suffering from conditions such as sarcopenia, for example, has yielded highly positive results. Prof Bosco from the Medical University of Rome, using vibration treatments on the thigh muscles for 12 weeks, noticed an increase in maximum muscle strength and an increase in myosin (the ‘motor’ proteins found in muscle tissue, capable of converting chemical energy into mechanical energy, generating movement). This is excellent news for seniors with movement disorders and joint disease.<\/p>\n

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The study, conducted by Polish researchers from the Medical University of Lodz (P. Mrozek), found that after vibration therapy sessions, a reduction in pain intensity of 50% was recorded for chronic pain sufferers and 88% for those with acute pain. Participants in the study significantly reduced the use of analgesics (by 55% for chronic pain patients) and noticed an improvement in quality of life.<\/p>\n

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In 2015, a group of researchers from the Univ. of Quebec, Canada, led by Dr Jean-Alexandre Boucher, conducted an interesting medical experiment in a group of 40 volunteers, 20 of whom had chronic low back pain. They published the results of their study in a paper entitled: “Effects of vibration and muscle fatigue on sensorimotor control of the trunk in patients with low back pain.” [Dr Jean-Alexandre Boucher et al, Department of Psychology, University of Quebec, Canada.]<\/p>\n

Dr Jean-Alexandre Boucher and colleagues, in their study, noted that local muscle vibration led to significant improvements in trunk neuromuscular control in patients with chronic low back pain, and in turn, to better improvements in patients’ posture. Poor posture can affect back muscle fatigue and compound the effect of pain.In people with chronic low back pain, changes in certain physiological functions such as reduced sensation, altered muscle activation patterns, changes in somatosensory areas of the cortex and maintenance of correct posture are often observed.<\/p>\n