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WBV-USEffects of Combined Whole Body Vibration and Unstable Shoes on Balance in Healthy Young People: A Preliminary Randomized Controlled Trial

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What is being tested

Unstable shoes plus Whole-body vibration

+ Stable shoes plus Whole-body vibration

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Who is being recruted

From 18 to 40 Years
+2 Eligibility Criteria
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How is the trial designed

Treatment Study

Interventional
Study Start: July 2019
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Summary

Principal SponsorCardenal Herrera University
Last updated: January 28, 2026
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Study start date: July 20, 2019

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

Background: The use of whole body vibration to train strength and balance has increased in the last years. Last studies have shown that adding an unstable device increased electromyographic activity of the lower limb and the trunk muscles. However, no studies have investigated the effects of wearing unstable shoes during a whole-body vibration training on balance in healthy young people. Aim: To compare the effects of different type of shoes (unstable \[Intervention group\] or stable \[Control group\]) combined with a 12-weeks whole body vibration training on balance. Setting: Laboratory of biomechanics.

Official TitleEffects of Combined Whole Body Vibration and Unstable Shoes on Balance in Healthy Young People: A Preliminary Randomized Controlled Trial
NCT04011423
Principal SponsorCardenal Herrera University
Last updated: January 28, 2026
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Protocol

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Design Details

23 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Treatment Study

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Eligibility

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Criteria

Any sex

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

From 18 to 40 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Criteria

1 inclusion criteria required to participate
Body mass index < 35.
1 exclusion criteria prevent from participating
Cardiovascular disease, incapacity to practice a physical activity, musculoskeletal pathologies, neurologic diseases, previous experience with unstable shoes, previous experience with whole-body vibration.

Study Plan

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Treatment Groups
Study Objectives

2 intervention groups are designated in this study

This study does not include a placebo group 

Treatment Groups

Group I

Experimental
Wearing unstable shoes during the whole-body vibration training

Group II

Active Comparator
Wearing stable shoes during the whole-body vibration training

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Study Centers

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This study has 1 location

Suspended

Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera

Moncada, SpainOpen Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera in Google Maps
CompletedOne Study Center
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