Emad Kameil Gaid Abdelnour <br/><br/>
Effect of whole body vibration (WBV) exercise on the immune system mainly CD16% of natural killer cells in sedentary elderly people /  
 تأثير األهتزاز الكلى للجسم على الجهاز المناعى لدى  المسنين قليلى الحركة 
Emad Kameil Gaid Abdelnour ; Supervised Nagwa M. Badr , Soheir Abdelfattah Aboelfadl , Mariam Elsayed Mohamed Abdalaal 
 - Cairo :   Emad Kameil Gaid Abdelnour ,   2015 
 - 98 P. :   charts , facsimiles ;   25cm 
<br/><br/>Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of physical Therapy - Department of Physical Therapy Cardiopulmonary and Geriatrics Disorder 
<br/><br/> Background: Aging is associated with considerable decline in efficiency  of the immune system; Physical exercise might be effective in slowing the rate of the immunity decline. Objective: To investigate the effect of Whole Body Vibration (WBV) exercises on CD16% of natural killer cells in  sedentary elderly people. Subjects and methods: Thirty elderly subjects 15 males and 15 females were participated in the study, their age ranged from 65 to 75 years. They received (WBV) exercise at 35 Hz three times per week for three months. Results: there was a significant increase in CD16% of natural  killer cells. The mean value and SD of CD16% in the study group before the  study period was 18.353% ± 3.680, while after the study period it was 22.140 ± 3.150 with 22.337% percentage of improvement, there was non- significant  correlation between percentage of improvement of CD16% , sex and age in  the group.  Conclusion: it can be concluded that Whole Body Vibration exercise improves the immunity specially CD16% of natural killer cells in sedentary elderly people  
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Immunosenescence Natural killer cells  Whole Body Vibration exercise