Related Experiment Video
Updated: Aug 7, 2026
Whole Body Vibration Methods with Survivors of Polio
Published on: October 17, 2018
Submaximal aerobic exercise with mechanical vibrations improves the functional status of patients with chronic
R Saggini1, J Vecchiet, S Iezzi
1Physical Therapy Institute, Department of Medicine and Aging, G. D'Annunzio University, Chieti, Italy.
Aim:
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is an illness characterised by disabling fatigue of uncertain aetiology and other nonspecific symptoms. Typically CFS patients complain of a severe fatigue made worse by exercise, with a consistent reduction of working activity. A physical deconditioning could explain CFS features as well as a neuromuscular dysfunction, of central or peripheric origin.
Methods:
Ten CFS patients were enrolled in a protocol of a rehabilitative treatment over a six-month period: they underwent a submaximal and predominantly aerobic exercise with a reduced O2 consumption using a Galileo 2000 system that provides mechanical vibrations characterised by sinusoid vertical sollecitations. Before and after such treatment, all patients underwent a pressure pain thresholds profile, an evaluation of physical and psychosocial parameters using the visual analogue scale (VAS) of Scott-Huskisson, and a muscle performance analysis by the CIBEX 6000 dynamometer.
Results:
After the six-month period of study there was an overall improvement of the above described parameters as compared to the basal determinations.
Conclusion:
We conclude that the rehabilitative exertion provides an useful treatment for CFS patients particularly to realize an effective training of the explosive strength.
