Power Plate pro5 - Medical Indications for Power Plate Use

Medical Indications
Claimed medical
indications include
use in relation to the
prevention, treatment
and/or alleviation
of disease.
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Fall Prevention
Claim: Power Plate® training can be
a benecial tool/intervention for the
elderly population to prevent falls.
Denition: Fall prevention is dened as
a variety of actions to help reduce the
number of accidental falls suered by
older people.
Muscular Strength and Power
Claim: Power Plate training can be a
benecial tool/intervention to help
increase strength and power to improve
daily life performance, both acute and
structural.
Denition: Physical strength is the
ability of a person or animal to exert
force on physical objects using muscles.
Increasing physical strength is the goal of
strength training. Power is the amount of
work done or energy transferred per unit
of time.
Pain
Claim: Power Plate training can be a
benecial tool/intervention to reduce
and/or alleviate (chronic) pain.
Denition: Pain is an unpleasant sensory
and emotional experience associated
with actual or potential tissue damage, or
described in terms of such damage.
Cellulite
Claim: Power Plate training can be a
benecial tool/intervention to diminish
the appearance of cellulite.
Denition: Cellulite describes a condition
that occurs in men and women (although
much more common in women) where
the skin of the lower limbs, abdomen and
pelvic region becomes dimpled
after puberty.
Weight Loss and Visceral Fat Reduction
Claim: Power Plate training can be a
benecial tool/intervention to lose
weight and specically lose body fat.
Denition: Weight loss, in the context
of medicine, health or physical tness,
is a reduction of the total body weight,
due to a mean loss of uid, body fat or
adipose tissue and/or lean mass.
Bone Density/Bone Mineral Density
Claim: Power Plate training can be a
benecial tool/intervention to increase
bone density and prevent bone mineral
density loss related to aging.
Denition: Bone density (or bone mineral
density) is a medical term referring to the
amount of matter per cubic centimeter
of bones.
Circulation and Cardiovascular
Claim: Power Plate training can be a
benecial tool/intervention to improve
and increase circulation and improve the
function of the cardiovascular system.
Denition: The circulatory system is
an organ system that moves nutrients,
gases and wastes to and from cells,
helps ght diseases and helps stabilize
body temperature and pH to maintain
homeostasis. Two types of uids move
through the circulatory system: blood
and lymph. The blood, heart and blood
vessels form the cardiovascular system.
The lymph, lymph nodes and lymph
vessels form the lymphatic system. The
cardiovascular system and the lymphatic
system collectively make up the
circulatory system. Pulmonary circulation
is the portion of the cardiovascular
system which transports oxygen-
depleted blood away from the heart, to
the lungs, and returns oxygenated blood
back to the heart.