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SYSTEMATIC REVIEW article

Front. Endocrinol.
Sec. Clinical Diabetes
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fendo.2024.1398375
This article is part of the Research Topic Digital Technology in the Management and Prevention of Diabetes View all 10 articles

Whole Body Vibration Therapy and Diabetes Type 2: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Provisionally accepted
Juan Fabregat-Fernández Juan Fabregat-Fernández 1Vicente Rodríguez-Pérez Vicente Rodríguez-Pérez 2Rocío Llamas-Ramos Rocío Llamas-Ramos 2,3*Ana Felicitas López-Rodríguez Ana Felicitas López-Rodríguez 4María Cortes-Rodríguez María Cortes-Rodríguez 5Inés Llamas-Ramos Inés Llamas-Ramos 2,3
  • 1 University of Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain
  • 2 School of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
  • 3 INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA DE SALAMANCA (IBSAL) DE LA FUNDACIÓN INSTITUTO CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD DE CASTILLA Y LEÓN, Salamanca, Spain
  • 4 Faculty of Nursing and Phisiotherapy, University of León, León, Spain
  • 5 Department of Statistics, School of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

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    Background: Vibration platforms have demonstrated systemic effects generated by the use of mechanical vibrations, which are similar to those of any physical activity. The effect that whole body vibration (WBV) generates on the organism could be recommended in Diabetes Mellitus 2 (DM 2) patients.Objective: To systematically review and meta-analyze the available evidence on the effects of WBV on glycemic control in patients with DM 2 Material and Methods: Exhaustive bibliographic searches were carried out until October 2023 in different biomedical portals and databases: Public Medline (PubMed), Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), VHL Regional Portal, Cochrane Central and Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS). Randomized clinical trials based on the effects of Whole Body Vibration on glycosylated hemoglobin levels, with control group and participants were noninsulin dependent were the inclusion criteria. Two reviewers extracted data independently. A third reviewer was available for discrepancies.Results: Six articles with 223 participants met the criteria and were included in the systematic review; only four of them met the criteria to be part of the meta-analysis. This meta-analysis reveals a positive and significant effect size (μ =0.5731), indicating a substantial difference between the groups studied.Although there is some variability between studies (heterogeneity of 30.05%), the overall direction of the effects is consistent. These findings conclusively suggest the presence of a significant influence of the variable evaluated, underscoring the robustness and consistency of the relationship observed in the literature reviewed.There are no conclusive results due to the lack of data for some variables, which prevents comparison; but WBV may be an effective therapy to improve glycemic control in DM 2 patients.More studies with more patients and longer follow-up are needed.

    Keywords: Whole body vibration, Vibration platform, Diabetes mellitus type 2, physical exercise, Fasting blood glucose, glycosylated hemoglobin Whole body vibration, Glycosylated hemoglobin

    Received: 28 Mar 2024; Accepted: 28 Aug 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Fabregat-Fernández, Rodríguez-Pérez, Llamas-Ramos, López-Rodríguez, Cortes-Rodríguez and Llamas-Ramos. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Rocío Llamas-Ramos, School of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

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