Vibrations may help bone mass, weight

(WPTV.com) UPDATED 2008-09-02

Stony Brook University researchers working with mice have found that standing on a vibrating plate helped the animals form more bone mass and less fat. In the animal study, scientists subjected mice to low-level vibrations for 15 minutes a day for 15 weeks. At the end of the study, the mice had nearly 30 percent less fat in their torsos and 39 to 43 percent lower triglyceride levels in their livers than control mice. In human studies, postmenopausal women who stood on a vibrating plate maintained their bone mass for one year, while those who didn’t lost about 3 percent. And younger women with osteopenia increased both their bone and muscle mass after spending 10 minutes per day on a similar platform for one year. Read full story >

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