"VIBES"--Low Magnitude Mechanical Stimulation to Improve Bone Mineral Density

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Osteopenia

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine if daily low magnitude, high frequency whole body vibration can improve bone density in seniors.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00396994

Run by

Hebrew SeniorLife

People needed

174

Starts

2007-02-01

Expected to finish

2012-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-03-20

Who can join

Age: 60 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Men and women 60 years and over of all ethnic groups
• Weight less than 250 pounds
• Absence of terminal cancer or other illness necessitating hospice level services
• Capable of following the protocol and of understanding and providing informed consent
• Scoring less than 12 on the Short Blessed Test

You may not qualify if…

• Immobilization of the axial or lower appendicular skeleton within the last year
• Nonambulatory (ambulation with an assistive device will be permitted)
• Malignancy other than cured thyroid cancer or skin cancer
• Hip replacement or internal fixation, total knee replacement, or lower limb fracture within the past year, or bilateral hip replacement
• Medications: glucocorticoids, suppressive doses of thyroid hormone as determined by screening TSH, anticonvulsant drugs (phenytoin, phenobarbital, carbamazepine), estrogen/testosterone replacement, selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs), PTH, or bisphosphonates more than 1 month in past year, calcitonin therapy within the preceding month, fluoride therapy at any time
• Paget's disease of bone, rheumatoid arthritis or other connective tissue disorders requiring systemic treatment with disease modifying drugs, or a history of Cushing's syndrome
• Fragility fracture within the past five years unless pharmacologic therapy not to be prescribed

Where it is running

• Hebrew SeniorLife, Institute for Aging Research — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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