Power Plate pro6 plus - Manual (Page 4)

Medical Indications
Falls Prevention
Claim: Power Plate ® training can be a
beneficial tool/intervention for the elderly
population to prevent falls.
Definition: Falls prevention is defined as
a variety of actions to help reduce the
number of accidental falls suffered by
older people.
Muscular Strength and Power
Claim: Power Plate training can be
a beneficial tool/intervention to help
increase strength and power to improve
daily life performance, both acute and
structural.
Definition: Physical strength is the ability
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
beneficial tool/intervention to reduce and/
or alleviate (chronic) pain.
Definition: 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
beneficial tool/intervention to diminish the
appearance of cellulite.
Definition: 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
beneficial tool/intervention to lose weight
and specifically lose body fat.
Definition: Weight loss, in the context of
medicine, health or physical fitness, is a
reduction of total body weight, due to a
mean loss of fluid, body fat or adipose
tissue and/or lean mass.
Bone Density/Bone Mineral Density
Claim: Power Plate training can be a
beneficial tool/intervention to increase
bone density and prevent bone mineral
density loss related to aging.
Definition: 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
beneficial tool/intervention to improve
and increase circulation and improve the
function of the cardiovascular system.
Definition: The circulatory system is an
organ system that moves nutrients,
gases and wastes to and from cells,
helps fight diseases and helps stabilize
body temperature and pH to maintain
homeostasis. Two types of fluids 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.
Claimed medical
indications include
use in relation to the
prevention, treatment
and/or alleviation
of disease.
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