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Abstract
This study was conducted to determine the effect of whole body vibration (WBV) on sex hormones in polycystic ovarian women. Forty obese polycystic ovarian women aged 20 - 30 years participated in this study. They were randomly distributed into two equal groups: control group received medical treatment (metformin - 850mg) twice/daily and moderate caloric diet program for 12 weeks and study group received the same medical and diet intervention and engaged in a program of WBV, 3 times/week for 12 weeks.Evaluation was done through measuring body mass index (BMI), waist/hip ratio, luteinizing hormone (LH), follicular stimulating hormone (FSH) and LH / FSH ratio at starting and after the end of the treatment program. Results of this study revealed that the control group showed a highly significant decrease (P = 0.000) in BMI, waist/hip ratio, LH / FSH ratio and LH (P = 0.002), as well as a highly significant increase (P = 0.000) in FSH post treatment. Also, the study group showed a highly significant decrease (P = 0.000) in BMI, waist / hip ratio, LH and LH/FSH ratio, as well as a highly significant increase (P=0.000) in FSH post treatment. Compared to the control group, the study group showed a highly significant decrease (P = 0.000) in BMI, waist/hip ratio, LH and LH / FSH, as well as a highly significant increase (P = 0.004) in FSH.So, it can be concluded that the WBV training is an effective and safe modalityfor improving anthropometric parameters and sex hormones in polycystic ovarian women