TY - JOUR
T1 - A Randomized controlled pilot study to investigate the effect of Whole-Body Vibration on lower-extremity fatigue
AU - Ansari, Noureddin Nakhostin
AU - Naghdi, Soofia
AU - Karimi-Zarchi, Hadi
AU - Fakhari, Zahra
AU - Hasson, Scott
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank all the subjects who participated in this research as well as the Research Deputy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences for supporting this study.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Human Kinetics, Inc.
PY - 2017/9/1
Y1 - 2017/9/1
N2 - Context: Whole-body vibration (WBV) is a type of weight-bearing exercise used in the field of sport and rehabilitation. There is no study on the effects of WBV on muscle recovery after a fatiguing activity. Objective: To determine the effects of a single WBV session on lower-extremity fatigue. Design: Randomized controlled pilot study. Setting: University Physiotherapy Clinic. Subjects: A total of 13 healthy young men volunteered to participate in this study. Subjects were randomly assigned into the WBV group (n = 7, mean age: 21 y) or control group (CG; n = 6, mean age: 20 y). Intervention: Subjects in the WBV group participated in a single-session WBV (30 Hz, amplitude 4 mm, 2 min) after lower-extremity fatigue. Main Outcome Measures: Peak force of quadriceps muscle, single leg hop test, and Y-test were measured before inducing muscle fatigue (T0), immediately after completing the fatigue protocol (T1), after WBV (T2), and 15 min following the application of WBV (T3). The same method was applied in the CG while the WBV machine was turned off. Results: Repeated-measure ANOVA revealed no significant differences between groups in any of the outcomes. Conclusions: The findings indicated that WBV was not effective in the recovery of lower-extremity fatigue in healthy young men.
AB - Context: Whole-body vibration (WBV) is a type of weight-bearing exercise used in the field of sport and rehabilitation. There is no study on the effects of WBV on muscle recovery after a fatiguing activity. Objective: To determine the effects of a single WBV session on lower-extremity fatigue. Design: Randomized controlled pilot study. Setting: University Physiotherapy Clinic. Subjects: A total of 13 healthy young men volunteered to participate in this study. Subjects were randomly assigned into the WBV group (n = 7, mean age: 21 y) or control group (CG; n = 6, mean age: 20 y). Intervention: Subjects in the WBV group participated in a single-session WBV (30 Hz, amplitude 4 mm, 2 min) after lower-extremity fatigue. Main Outcome Measures: Peak force of quadriceps muscle, single leg hop test, and Y-test were measured before inducing muscle fatigue (T0), immediately after completing the fatigue protocol (T1), after WBV (T2), and 15 min following the application of WBV (T3). The same method was applied in the CG while the WBV machine was turned off. Results: Repeated-measure ANOVA revealed no significant differences between groups in any of the outcomes. Conclusions: The findings indicated that WBV was not effective in the recovery of lower-extremity fatigue in healthy young men.
KW - Exercise
KW - Muscle
KW - Physiotherapy
KW - Sport
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U2 - 10.1123/jsr.2015-0202
DO - 10.1123/jsr.2015-0202
M3 - Article
C2 - 27632878
AN - SCOPUS:85032185777
SN - 1056-6716
VL - 26
SP - 339
EP - 346
JO - Journal of Sport Rehabilitation
JF - Journal of Sport Rehabilitation
IS - 5
ER -