Efectos del entrenamiento vibratorio en personas físicamente activas: Revisión sistemática

The objective of this systematic review is to study the long-term effects of vibration training on physical performance in physically active people. Search strategy was carried out in the databases PUBMED and Sport Discus on January 7th, 2008, and from the available date of 1966. Of the total number of references found, only those corresponding to controlled clinical trials studying were selected. The articles included in the study were distributed among four reviewers, in such a way that every article was reviewed by two of them, who collected data independently. Methodological quality was assessed following the Cochrane Handbook (2008) guidelines. Given the significant clinical heterogeneity among studies, meta-analysis was only applied to results of explosive strength. There is a tendency in the improvement of explosive strength, despite the evidence of poor quality.