Exercise intervention TIDieR40
| Item number | Brief name | Group | ||
| WBVG | RRTG | CG | ||
| 1 | Why | WBVT | Routine rehabilitation training | Control |
| 2 | What | 12 weeks training under the guidance of professionals | Maintenance of usual living habits, no exercise advice, regular attendance of health lectures, telephone follow-up | |
| 3 | What (content) | 25 min exercise, five times/week | Attendance of fortnightly health lectures, monthly telephone interviews | |
| 4 | What (procedure) | Evaluation at baseline, 6 weeks and 12 weeks, and 4 and 8 weeks after intervention termination,reporting of results to participants so that they can understand the physical changes occurring | ||
| 5 | Who (administrators) | WBVT coach is a professional rehabilitation physician, assessments performed by Shanghai University of Sport PhD students | Routine rehabilitation training coach is a professional rehabilitation physician, assessments performed by Shanghai University of Sport PhD students | Health lectures and telephone interviews performed by Shanghai University of Sport PhD students (College of Physical Education and Training) |
| 6 | How | The exercise interventions will take place in a stationary gymnasium, the instructors will direct the whole group face to face | The health lectures will be held in the conference room of the College of Physical Education and Training, Shanghai University of Sport | |
| 7 | When and how much | See table 2 | See table 3 | Health lectures, 30–50 min; interviews, 10 min |
| 8 | How well | Participants will receive regular feedback, including physical and psychological data and reports on their motor skills learning performance; they will be kept up to date on their progress and status to keep them engaged | ||
CG, control group; RRTG, routine rehabilitation training group; TIDieR, Template for intervention Description and Replication; WBVG, whole-body vibration training group; WBVT, whole-body vibration training.