Comparison of the Effectiveness of Whole Body Vibration in Stroke Patients: A Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Characteristic of included trials.

Study	Number of participants analyzed ()	Mean age ()	Start REH intervention ()	Duration of prog.	Time
Brogardh et al. 2012 [5]	16/15		37.4/33.1 m		45 min
Chan et al. 2012 [6]	15/15		30.4/38.87 m	One session
Choi et al. 2014 [7]	15/15		13/12.6		15 min
Lau et al. 2012 [8]	41/41		4.6/5.3 y
Liao et al. 2016 [9]	28/28		8.5/9.0 y		12 min
Marin et al. 2013 [10]	11/9		4.3/4.3 y	12 w (17 sessions)
Pang et al. 2013 [11]	38/38		4.6/5.3 y
Tankisheva et al. 2014 [12]	6/7		7.71/5.28 y		30 min
Tihanyi et al. 2007 [13]	8/8		d	One session
van Nes et al. 2006 [14]	27/26		38.9/34.2 d
Yule et al. 2016 [15]	4/2		6 m–5 y		15 min