Considerable research has been conducted on Galileo Whole Body Vibration.  Most research emanates from over 30 institutions in Europe, including research done at the European Space Agency, and in North America.  Currently research is underway in Australia using the Galileo at Griffith University and the University of Queensland and also in New Zealand. 

Research

 

Athlete Performance
The influence of whole body vibration on jumping performance.  Bosco C, et al.
New trends in training science: The use of vibrations for enhancing performance.  Bosco C, et al.
Adaptive responses of human skeletal muscle to vibration exposure.  Bosco C, et al.
Acute whole body vibration training increases vertical jump and flexibility performance in elite female field hockey players.  Cochrane, et al.
Acute and residual effects of vibratory stimulation on explosive strength in elite and amateur athletes; Influence of vibration on mechanical power and electromyogram activity in human arm flexor muscles.  Issurin, et al.
Acute changes in neuromuscular excitability after exhaustive whole body vibration exercise as compared to exhaustion by squatting exercise.  Rittweger, et al.

Muscle Power and Strength
Human skeletal muscle structure and function preserved by vibration muscle exercise following 55 days of bed rest.  Blottner, et al.
 The use of vibration training to enhance muscle strength and power.  Luo, et al.
 Effect of whole body vibration stimulus and voluntary contraction on motoneuron pool.  Nishihira, et al.
Short-term effects of whole-body vibration on maximal voluntary isometric knee extensor force and rate of force rise.  de Ruiter, et al.
High-frequency vibration training increases muscle power in postmenopausal women.  Russo, et al.
Effect of a vibration exposure on muscular performance and body balance.  Torvinen, et al.

Metabolic Changes
Hormonal responses to whole-body vibration in men.  Bosco C, et al.
The effects of vibration on human performance and hormonal profile.  Cardinale.
Whole-body vibration exercise leads to alterations in muscle blood volume.   Kerschan-Schindl, et al.
Oxygen uptake during whole-body vibration exercise: Comparison with squatting as a slow voluntary movement.  Rittweger.
Acute physiological effects of exhaustive whole-body vibration exercise in man.  Rittweger, et al.
Oxygen uptake in whole-body vibration exercise: Influence of vibration frequency, amplitude and external load.  Rittweger, et al

Senior Performance
Controlled whole body vibration to decrease fall risk and improve health-related quality of life of nursing home residents.
Bruyere, et al.
Efficacy of training program for ambulatory competence in elderly women.  Iwamoto, et al.
 Whole-body vibration exercise in the elderly people.  Miyamoto, et al.
Balance training and exercise in geriatric patients.  Runge, et al.

Bone
The anabolic activity of bone tissue, suppressed by disuse, is normalized by brief exposure to extremely low-magnitude mechanical stimuli.  Rubin, et al.
Effect of whole body vibration on muscular performance, balance and bone.  Torvinen.
Low frequency vibratory exercise reduces the risk of bone fractures more than walking. Gusi, et al.

Low Back Pain
The effect of weight bearing exercise with low frequency, whole body vibration on lumbosacral proprioception: A pilot study on normal subjects.  Fontana, et al.
Treatment of chronic lower back pain with lumbar extension and whole-body vibration exercise.  Rittweger, et al.

Neurological Conditions
Effects of whole-body vibration in patients with multiple sclerosis: A pilot study.  Schuhfried, et al.
Effects of random whole-body vibration on postural control in parkinson's disease.  Turbanski, et al.
Short-term effects of whole-body vibration on postural control in unilateral chronic stroke patients.  van Nes, et al.

Urinary Incontinence
Effect on Muscles of mechanical vibrations produced by the Galileo 2000 in combination with physical therapy in treating female stress urinary incontinence.  Von der Heide, et al.