Body measurements, including CT scans of abdominal fat, were taken at the beginning of the study and after three, six and 12 months. The intervention lasted six months, after which the scientists advised all the volunteers to do the best they could with a healthy diet and exercise regime on their own for another six months. Vissers and his colleagues studied the effects of the Power Plate in 61 overweight or obese people - mostly women - for a year. It looks like these machines could be a useful addition to a weight control package," said the study's leader, Dirk Vissers, a physiotherapist at the Artesis University College and the University of Antwerp in Belgium. Our study, the first to investigate the effects of vibration in obese people, indicates it's a promising approach. "These machines are increasingly found in gyms across the industrialized world and have gathered a devoted following in some places, but there has not been any evidence that they help people lose weight. In a study presented on Friday at the European Congress on Obesity, scientists found that overweight or obese people who regularly used the equipment in combination with a calorie restricted diet were more successful at long-term weight loss and shedding the fat around their abdominal organs than those who combined dieting with a more conventional fitness routine.
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