Medicina Dello Sport 

About: Medicina Dello Sport is an academic journal published by Edizioni Minerva Medica. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Medicine & Athletes. It has an ISSN identifier of 0025-7826. Over the lifetime, 198 publications have been published receiving 611 citations.

The acute effects of two different whole body vibration frequencies on vertical jump performance

Abstract: Aim. Vibration exercise is a novel exercise intervention, which is applied in athletes and general populations with the aim of improving strength and power performance. The present study was aimed to analyse the adaptive responses to different whole body vibration frequencies. Methods. Fifteen untrained subjects were randomly assigned to a 5 min whole body vibration (WBV) training session on a vibrating plate producing sinusoidal oscillations at 20 Hz (low frequency) and 40 Hz (high frequency) with constant amplitude. Squat jump, countermovement jump and sit and reach test were administered before and after the WBV treatment. Results. Low frequency WBV stimulation was shown to significantly increase hamstrings’ flexibility by 10.1% (p<0.001) and squat jump by 4% (p<0.05). High frequency (40 Hz) of WBV stimulation determined a significant decrease in squat jump (-3.8%; p<0.05) and in counter movement jump (-3.6; p<0.001). Conclusion. The results showed the influence of WBV frequency on acute adaptive responses. In particular, the untrained subjects in the presented study, showed acute enhancement in neuromuscular performance with low-frequency WBV stimulation.

Recommendations for competitive sports participation in athletes with cardiovascular disease: - a consensus document from the Study group of sports cardiology of the Working group of myocardial and pericardial diseases of the European society of cardiology

Abstract: National Institute of Sports Medicine, Italian National Olympic Committee, Via dei Campi Sportivi 46, 00197 Rome, Italy; Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Unit, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Heart Disease, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway; Division of Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Athens, Athens, Greece; Department of Pathological Anatomy, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy; Department of Cardiology, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy; Department of Medicine, Sahlgrens University Hospital/Östra, Gothenburg, Sweden; Unité Biologie et Medicine du Sport, Hopital Pontchavillon, Rennes, France; Departments of Cardiology and Pathology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy; Department of Cardiology, Civil Hospital, Conegliano, Italy; Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Munich, Germany; University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Cardiology, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany; Department of Cardiology, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Klinikk Ullevål Sykehus, Oslo, Norway; Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden; Department of Sports Medicine, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece; Wellness Medical Center, Stockport, UK; Heart Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel; Division of Cardiology, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland; Children National Medical Center, Washington DC, USA; Cardiac Rehabilitation Center, Bronovo Hospital, Gravenhage, The Netherlands; Heart Hospital, University College London, London, UK; Department of Cardiology, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy; Molecular Cardiology, Fondazione S. Maugeri, Pavia, Italy; and Department of Cardiology, Meander Medisch Centrum, Amersfoort, The Netherlands