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Trial reportEuropean journal of applied physiology2017

Effectiveness of using wearable vibration therapy to alleviate muscle soreness.

Darryl J Cochrane

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Trial report in European journal of applied physiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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22citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Effect of Focal Vibration Technique on Lower Limb Performance: A Randomized, Double-Blind Study.Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Darryl J CochraneSchool of Sport and Exercise, Massey University, Private Bag 11 222, Palmerston North, New Zealand. D.Cochrane@massey.ac.nz.
Massey University · NZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo examine the acute and short-term effect of a wearable vibration device following strenuous eccentric exercise of the elbow flexors.

methodsPhysically active males (n = 13) performed vibration therapy (VT) and control following eccentric exercise. The arms were randomised and counterbalanced, separated by 14 days. 15 min of VT (120 Hz) was applied immediately and 24, 48, and 72 h after eccentric exercise while the contralateral arm performed no VT (control). Muscle (isometric and concentric) strength, range of motion, electromyography (EMG), muscle soreness and creatine kinase were taken pre-exercise, immediately and 24, 48, and 72 h post-eccentric exercise. Additionally, the acute effect of VT of muscle strength, range of motion, EMG, muscle soreness was also investigated immediately after VT.

resultsIn the short-term VT was able to significantly reduce the level of biceps brachii pain at 24 h (p < 0.05) and 72 h (p < 0.01), enhance pain threshold at 48 h (p < 0.01) and 72 h (p < 0.01), improve range of motion at 24 h (p < 0.05), 48 h (p < 0.01) and 72 h (p < 0.01) and significantly (p < 0.05) reduced creatine kinase at 72 h compared to control. Acutely, following VT treatment muscle pain and range of motion significantly improved (p < 0.05) at 24 h post, 48 h post, and 72 h post but no significant changes in muscle strength and EMG were reported acutely or short-term.

conclusionsAcute and short-term VT attenuated muscle soreness, creatine kinase and improved range of motion; however, there was no improvement of muscle strength recovery compared to control following eccentric exercise of the elbow flexors.

Indexed as

AdultCreatine KinaseExerciseHumansMaleMuscle StrengthMyalgiaRange of Motion, ArticularVibrationCreatine KinaseConcentric torqueCreatine kinaseMuscle damageRecovery

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PMID28168554
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