Vibration therapy and toe walking

NewsBot · Oct 2, 2014

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The Effects of Vibration on the Gait Pattern and Vibration Perception Threshold of Children With Idiopathic Toe Walking
Hsinchen Daniel Fanchiang, Mark Geil, Jianhua Wu, Yu-ping Chen, Yong Tai Wang
J Child Neurol September 26, 2014

The effectiveness of idiopathic toe walking treatments is not conclusive. The study investigated the use of vibration as a therapeutic/treatment method for children with idiopathic toe walking. Fifteen children with idiopathic toe walking and 15 typically developing children, aged 4 to 10 years, completed the study. The study included a barefoot gait examination and a vibration perception threshold test before and after standing on a whole body vibration machine for 60 seconds. Temporal-spatial parameters were recorded along with HR32, a calculation designed to distinguish on aspects of the toe-walking pattern. No significant gait pattern differences were found between children with idiopathic toe walking and typically developing children after one bout of vibration intervention. HR32 was found to be a means to identify the toe-walking pattern (P < .001). Hypersensitivity to vibration of children with idiopathic toe walking was not found in the current study (P = .921).
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Admin2 · Oct 3, 2014

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NewsBot · Apr 19, 2016

Whole-Body Vibration Results in Short-Term Improvement in the Gait of Children With Idiopathic Toe Walking.
Williams CM, Michalitsis J, Murphy AT, Rawicki B, Haines TP
J Child Neurol. 2016 Apr 12

This study aimed to determine the impact of multiple doses of whole-body vibration on heel strike, spatial and temporal gait parameters, and ankle range of motion of children with idiopathic toe walking. Whole-body vibration was applied for 5 sets of 1 minute vibration/1 minute rest. Gait measures were collected pre intervention, 1, 5, 10, and 20 minutes postintervention with the GaitRite?electronic walkway. Ankle range of motion was measured preintervention, immediately postintervention, and 20 minutes postintervention. The mean (SD) age of the 15 children (n = 10 males) was 5.93 (1.83) years. An immediate increase in heel contact (P= .041) and ankle range of motion (P= .001 andP= .016) was observed. These changes were unsustained 20 minutes postvibration (P> .05). The gait improvement from whole-body vibration could potentially be due to a rapid increase in ankle range of motion or a neuromodulation response.
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