Body Coach Research

The Body Coach is subjected to tests and empirical research by various scientific teams:

• Dr. Renaat Philippaerts, faculty department of movement and sports sciences at the Ghent University
• Dr. Werner Faché, chairman of the Belgian society for orthomolecular medicine, University Hospital Gent
• Dr. Frank Pauwels, sports physician with the Gymnastics Federation of Flanders
• Koen Scheerlinck, sports physical therapist connected with the ASZ in Aalst and vice-chairman of the Flemish Association of Sports Medicine

University Ghent (Belgium): Results graphics (part1 - part2) , Full report (click here)

On 15 May 2004, Body Coach held a first symposium at Lier. Among others who also assisted, help was provided by Prof. Dr. Erik Witvrouw of the faculty department of physical therapy and motor rehabilitation at the Ghent University. The symposium was especially directed to physical therapists.

In the Top Sport Centre at Ghent (Blaarmeersen), young athletes are provided with additional power training on the Body Coach. The objective is to increase their jumping force with a minimum of peak and plyometric power training, since this is very stressful for the body of the athlete. This type of experimental research is complementary to the large amount of fundamental scientific research relating to Whole Body Vibration. In addition to the theoretical and purely academic approach, it is important to increasingly develop a methodology so the principle can also be used in practice in the field. In the professional sports and physiotherapy world there has been much demand for such insights relating to vibration training. That the effects are numerous and have been conclusively proven in laboratories is persuasive for users but people also want to know how it works in practice.

At the Ghent University more extensive training research has been conducted during the academic year of 2004-2005. This research also strives, in addition to studying power increase in general, to discover the differences between static/dynamic training on the Body Coach and to map out the decrease of the effects when the training is stopped.