According to OSHA (Occupational & Safety Hazard Association), long term exposure to vibration can also cause nausea, impaired vision, hyperventilation, and disorders such as White Finger Disease (Raynaud’s Syndrome), Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome, & Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. OSHA: It is now well established that vibration exposure can cause harmful effects.Other: There is no evidence to show that it will remove toxins and decrease cellulite or improve your golf performance or prevent age related muscle loss.Bone density: There is evidence to show it increase bone mineral density.Speed: No improvements in speed is observed.Strength and power: None or only minor additional effects on muscle strength and jump performance as compared with performing the same exercises without vibration.Looking at all the studies, we can conclude that: Proper control: Now guess what, the studies which employed a proper control where they did similar exercises without vibration saw no statistically significant difference in strength or power.Since the intensity was not normalized, it just could be that the intensity of exercises in both groups were similar and the vibration had nothing to do per se in the improvements. Improper Control: The studies which concluded that vibration training is as effective as traditional strength training did not normalize intensity.No wonder they saw large improvements in strength and power compared ot the control. Passive control Group: The control group in the majority of the studies did not exercise.But almost all of these had serious methodological issues as shown below: The power plate website quotes number of studies which show significant increase in strength and power. There are number of long term studies which looked at strength, power and speed changes with vibration training.
Because of the extensive academic and independent scientific research, professional sports teams throughout the world use Power Plate® machines as part of their strength and conditioning programs.” So does power plate help in increasing strength and power? “For serious athletes, workouts on the Power Plate® machines enhance the results of conventional training and explosive strength training, as well as serve athletes and trainers alike to speed recovery and regeneration times.
Their most marketed claim is the increase in strength and power and how it is used by elite level athletes in the NBA, NFL, and pro golf players. remove toxins and thereby decrease cellulite.increase strength & power even in elite athltes.The power plate company claims that power plate helps: What are the power plate performance & health claims? Power Plate, one brand of vibration plate, as the name implies uses whole-body vibrations while you perform exercises on the plate.
Let’s take a look at what the science say about the power plate. And there are number of studies done on these vibrating exercising machines. Power plates seems to be the latest trend in the fitness indusrty.