ReviewJournal of functional morphology and kinesiology2023
Effectiveness of Focal Muscle Vibration in the Recovery of Neuromotor Hypofunction: A Systematic Review.
Review in Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- 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 · 2026Trial
- The Potential of Focal Muscle Vibration Therapy in the Management of Parkinson's Disease: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Special Issue "Role of Exercises in Musculoskeletal Disorders-6th Edition".Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Focal mechanical vibration motor effects on the finger tapping in healthy volunteers.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- Preventing opioid prescribing for low back pain using multimodal mechanical stimulation vs. TENS: a randomized-controlled trial.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Novel multimodal mechanical stimulation is superior to TENS to treat and prevent chronic low back pain: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- A review about muscle focal vibration contribution on spasticity recovery.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Review
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4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Adequate physical recovery after trauma, injury, disease, a long period of hypomobility, or simply ageing is a difficult goal because rehabilitation protocols are long-lasting and often cannot ensure complete motor recovery. Therefore, the optimisation of rehabilitation procedures is an important target to be achieved. The possibility of restoring motor functions by acting on proprioceptive signals by unspecific repetitive muscle vibration, focally applied on single muscles (RFV), instead of only training muscle function, is a new perspective, as suggested by the effects on the motor performance evidenced by healthy persons. The focal muscle vibration consists of micro-stretching-shortening sequences applied to individual muscles. By repeating such stimulation, an immediate and persistent increase in motility can be attained. This review aims to show whether this proprioceptive stimulation is useful for optimising the rehabilitative process in the presence of poor motor function. Papers reporting RFV effects have evidenced that the motor deficits can be counteracted by focal vibration leading to an early and quick complete recovery. The RFV efficacy has been observed in various clinical conditions. The motor improvements were immediate and obtained without loading the joints. The review suggests that these protocols can be considered a powerful new advantage to enhance traditional rehabilitation and achieve a more complete motor recovery.
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