Retrospective study of effect of whole-body vibration training on balance and walking function in stroke patients

Table 1 Demographics of the groups

	WVT	NWVT	P value
Number	65	65	-
Male/female	32/33	33/32	0.862
Age (yr)	60.42 ± 6.39	59.82 ± 6.62	0.600
Height (cm)	165.71 ± 7.73	165.83 ± 7.16	0.925
Weight (kg)	67.33 ± 7.70	66.03 ± 7.83	0.339
Course of disease	3.22 ± 1.35	3.09 ± 1.01	0.557
Hematencephalon	41	37	0.478
Cerebral infarction	24	28
Affected side (L/R)	36/29	32/33	0.486

L: Left; NWVT: Non-whole-body vibration training group; R: Right; WVT: Whole-body vibration training group.

Table 2 Assessment of balance and functional mobility parameters

	WVT		NWVT		WVT vs NWVT
	mean ± SD	P value	mean ± SD	P value	P value
Berg balance scale
Baseline	27.75 ± 2.87	0.0001	26.92 ± 3.24	0.0001	0.124
After treatment	46.08 ± 3.41		40.22 ± 3.75		0.000
Amount of change	18.32 ± 2.18		13.29 ± 1.66		0.000
Time up-and-go (s)
Baseline	50.13 ± 3.91	0.0001	50.32 ± 3.38	0.0001	0.768
After treatment	32.64 ± 3.81		39.56 ± 3.68		0.000
Amount of change	17.49 ± 1.88		10.76 ± 1.42		0.000
Maximum walking speed (s)
Baseline	19.52 ± 2.03	0.0001	19.89 ± 2.10	0.0001	0.307
After treatment	12.73 ± 2.26		15.04 ± 2.27		0.000
Amount of change	6.79 ± 0.81		4.84 ± 0.58		0.000
Functional reaching (cm)
Baseline	10.47 ± 1.95	0.0001	10.44 ± 2.61	0.0001	0.930
After treatment	20.48 ± 2.23		16.60 ± 2.82		0.000
Amount of change	10.00 ± 0.92		6.16 ± 0.95		0.000

¹Baseline vs after treatment. NWVT: Non-whole-body vibration training group; SD: Standard deviation; WVT: Whole-body vibration training group.