Table 1.

Characteristic of the WBVT program

Session	Duration of each set (sec)	Frequency (Hz)	Amplitude *	Rest (sec)	Modalities	WBVT duration (min)	Sets of exercises **
							a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h	i
1	30	30	low	60	static	4	2	2	1		1			1	1
2	30	30	low	60	Static	5.5	3	3	2		1			1	1
3	30	30	low	60	Static & dynamic	6.5	3	3	3		1			1	2
4	30	35	low	50	Static & dynamic	8	3	3	3	1	2		1	1	2
5	45	35	low	50	Static & dynamic	12	2	2	3	2	2		1	2	2
6	45	35	low	50	Static & dynamic	12	2	2	3	2	2		1	2	2
7	45	40	high	40	Static & dynamic	13.5	2	2	3	2	2	1	2	2	2
8	45	40	high	40	Static & dynamic	15	2	2	3	2	3	1	2	2	3
9	45	40	high	40	Static & dynamic	15	2	2	3	2	3	1	2	2	3
10	60	40	high	30	Static & dynamic	16	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
11	60	50	high	30	Static & dynamic	16	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
12	60	50	high	30	Static & dynamic	16	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

a: Static position, sitting with hip joints abduction and feet out of platform; b: Static position , sitting with hip joints adduction and feet out of platform; c: Static position, sitting with hip joints abduction and feet out of platform while patient tries to contract her hip adductors statically; d: Static position, sitting cross-legged; e: Static position, sitting cross-legged while patient tries to press her buttock to vibration platform.; f: Dynamic position, sitting with hip joints abduction and feet out of platform while patient tries to bend successively hip joints (first right and then left hip); g: Dynamic position, sitting with hip joints adduction and feet out of platform while patients try to pull her knees into the abdomen; h: Dynamic position, sitting with hip joints adduction and feet out of platform, while patient keeps her arms crossed on the chest and bends her trunk forward and backward; i: Dynamic position, sitting with hip joints adduction and feet out of platform, while patient keeps her arms crossed on the chest and bends her trunk to the sides.

^* Amplitude: High = 5 mm, Low = 2.5 mm;

^** Exercises: