Trial reportJournal of athletic training2015
Whole-Body Vibration While Squatting and Delayed-Onset Muscle Soreness in Women.
Trial report in Journal of athletic training, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Does vibration benefit delayed-onset muscle soreness?: a meta-analysis and systematic review.The Journal of international medical research · 2019Pooled it
- The effect of percussion massage therapy on the recovery of delayed onset muscle soreness in physically active young men-a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in public health · 2025Trial
- Whole-body vibration decreases delayed onset muscle soreness following eccentric exercise in elite hockey players: a randomised controlled trial.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2021Trial
- Effect of Resonant Frequency Vibration on Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness and Resulting Stiffness as Measured by Shear-Wave Elastography.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Trial
- Effects of different negative pressure cupping interventions on inflammatory response and motor function recovery in delayed onset muscle soreness.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- The Effects of Exercise Induced Muscle Damage on Knee Joint Torque and Balance Performance.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Article
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Abstract
contextResearch into alleviating muscle pain and symptoms in individuals after delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS) has been inconsistent and unsuccessful in demonstrating a useful recovery modality.
objectiveTo investigate the effects of short-term whole-body vibration (WBV) on DOMS over a 72-hour period after a high-intensity exercise protocol.
designRandomized controlled clinical trial.
settingUniversity laboratory. PATIENTS OR OTHER
participantsThirty women volunteered to participate in 4 testing sessions and were assigned randomly to a WBV group (n = 16; age = 21.0 ± 1.9 years, height = 164.86 ± 6.73 cm, mass = 58.58 ± 9.32 kg) or a control group (n = 14; age = 22.00 ± 1.97 years, height = 166.65 ± 8.04 cm, mass = 58.69 ± 12.92 kg). INTERVENTION(S): Participants performed 4 sets to failure of single-legged split squats with 40% of their body weight to induce muscle soreness in the quadriceps. The WBV or control treatment was administered each day after DOMS. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Unilateral pressure-pain threshold (PPT), range of motion (ROM), thigh circumference, and muscle-pain ratings of the quadriceps were collected before and for 3 days after high-intensity exercise. Each day, we collected 3 sets of measures, consisting of 1 measure before the WBV or control treatment protocol (pretreatment) and 2 sets of posttreatment measures.
resultsWe observed no interactions for PPT, thigh circumference, and muscle pain (P > .05). An interaction was found for active ROM (P = .01), with the baseline pretreatment measure greater than the measures at baseline posttreatment 1 through 48 hours posttreatment 2 in the WBV group. For PPT, a main effect for time was revealed (P < .05), with the measure at baseline pretreatment greater than at 24 hours pretreatment and all other time points for the vastus medialis, greater than 24 hours pretreatment through 48 hours posttreatment 2 for the vastus lateralis, and greater than 24 hours pretreatment and 48 hours pretreatment for the rectus femoris. For dynamic muscle pain, we observed a main effect for time (P < .001), with the baseline pretreatment measure less than the measures at all other time points. No main effect for time was noted for thigh circumference (P = .24). No main effect for group was found for any variable (P > .05).
conclusionsThe WBV treatment approach studied did not aid in alleviating DOMS after high-intensity exercise. Further research is needed in various populations.
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