Characteristics of the studies included

Table 1: Characteristics of the studies included

Author,	Group	WBV setting		Co-intervention	Outcomes	Drop-out rate	Adverse effects
year		Device,Freq,Dis	Exercises
Berschin, 2014	WBV (n = 20; age, 27 ± 4.2 y; FM)	Galileo, 5-30Hz, 5-9 mm	1st-5th wk:body weight exercises (1.5-2 min × 5 sets/exercise) 6th-10th wk:squat exercises(2 min × 5-7 sets/exercise) up to +30% body weight	Physical therapy 5 d/wk × 10 wk	ISOM, ISOK,postural stability test,knee laxity,LSS	0/20	Pain or swelling after exercise (60% of participants)
			3.8 d/wk × 10 wk, 40 ± 2.3 min/session
	CON (n = 20; age, 28 ± 6.8 y; FM)	NA		Resistance exercise and balance training3-4 d/wk× 10 wk,85 ± 4.4 min/session		0/20	Pain or swelling after exercise (70% of participants)
Fu, 2013	WBV (n = 19; age, 25.2 ± 7.3 y; FM)	Fitvibe, 35-50 Hz, 4 mm	11 body weight exercises (30-45 s/set × 1-3 sets/exercise) 2d/wk × 8 wk	WBVT and CON 2 d/wk× 1 d/wk	Position sense,knee laxity,postural stability,ISOK, range of motion,single-leg hop test,triple-hop test, shuttle run,carioca test	5/24	No
	CON (n = 20; age, 23.3 ± 5.2 y; FM)	NA				4/24
Moezy,	WBV (n = 10; age, 24.5 ± 3.4 y; M)	Power Plate,	9 exercises(30-60 s/set × 1-3 sets/exercise) 3 d/wk × 4 wk	NA	Position sense,postural stability	2/12	No
2008		30-50Hz, 2.5-5.0 mm
	CON (n = 10; age, 22.7 ± 3.8 y; M)	NA		Resistance exercise (3sets/exercise × 8-10 exercises, 10 RM), flexibility, proprioception training		1/11

Abbreviations: CON, conventional rehabilitation program; Dis, displacement; F, female; FM, female and male; Freq, frequency; ISOK, isokinetic muscle strength; ISOM, isometric contraction; LSS, Lysholm scoring scale; NA, not applicable; NR, not reported; RM, repetition maximum; WBV, whole-body vibration.

Devices: Fitvibe Excel Pro (model 332015; GymnaUniphy NV, Bilzen, Belgium); Galileo 2000 WBV machine (Novotec Medical GmbH,Pforzheim, Germany); Power Plate (Power Plate International, Northbrook, IL, USA).