The Effect of Acute Vibration Training on Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness in Young Non-Athlete Women

Abstract

Background: Delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) is the sensation of stiffness and pain in the muscles that occurs 24-48 hours after unaccustomed or strenuous exercise. Objectives: The aim of this study was to examine and compare the effect of vibration training (VT) on Delayed onset muscle soreness. Materials and Methods: Twenty healthy non-athletic volunteers (Female, age 20-30 years, body mass 23.27 ± 0.82 kg) were randomly assigned to VT (n = 10) and non-VT (n = 10) groups. A vibrator was used to apply 50-30 Hz of vibration on the left quadriceps and calf muscles in the VT group, while no vibration was applied for the non-VT group. Then, both groups ran downhill on a -5° treadmill at a speed of 5-7.5 km/hour (increasing speed). Twenty-four-hours before and after the vibration training, serum creatine kinase levels, pressure pain threshold and the rate of edema were measured. Results: Compared with the non VT group, the VT group showed a significant decrease in pressure pain threshold at 15 cm of patellar point (P = 0.042) and calf muscle (P = 0.041), there were no significant differences between groups in the pressure pain threshold at 5 cm (P = 0.509) and 10 cm (P = 0.152) points. There was no significant change in the edema rate at the Gastrocnemius muscle (P = 0.420) and midpoint of quadriceps muscle (P = 0.380) in VT and non-VT groups. Despite the increase in creatine kinase enzymes in the two groups, there was no statistically significant difference between the groups (P = 0.173). Conclusions:The results showed that using the vibration training can affect delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) reduction between non-VT and VT groups. Further studies with larger samples are needed to determine the vibration training positive and negative effects.

Effects of Pre-exercise Acute Vibration Training on Symptoms of Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

“…The results of heterogeneity examination suggest that Aminian-Far study (1) in VAS and Kamandani study (29) in PPT and CK contributed to the high heterogeneity for each subgroup. With respect to the heterogeneity in PPT and CK, it was found that the amplitude of vibration in the study of Kamandani et al (29) was 12 mm, which was significantly higher than other included studies in which vibration amplitudes were around 2-5 mm. Thus, further research is warranted to explore the effect of different vibration amplitudes.…”

“…Meanwhile, it was also shown that pre-exercise VT was more effective than postexercise VT (31). According to Kamandani et al (29), performing WBV (30–50 Hz, 12 mm, 6 minutes divided in 5 bouts lasting 30–60 seconds each with 30 seconds rest in between bouts) before downhill running on the −5° treadmill at 5–7.5 km·h −1 could decrease subsequent muscle damage and DOMS shown by CK and PPT measured on quadriceps and calf muscles.…”

“…Pressure Pain Threshold. Four studies(1,3,29,31) examined the effects of VT using PPT. The data showed that VT could significantly reduce the soreness at 24 hours (SMD 22.49, 95% CI 24.23 to 20.75, p 5 0.005) and in total (SMD 24.21, 95% CI 25.92 to 22.49, p , 0.00001), but not at 48 hours (SMD 25.93, 95% CI 213.22 to 1.37, p 5 0.11), 72 hours (SMD 26.85, 95% CI 215.17 to 1.46, p 5 0.11; Figure3) compared with control group based on the random-effects model.…”

A prophylactic effect of local vibration on quadriceps muscle fatigue in non-athletic males: a randomized controlled trial study

“…Previous studies reported that vibration was highly effective for muscle damage recovery, acceleration of muscle neural activation recovery 7 , 13 , 20 ) ; however, some studies have reported that vibration has a negative effect on muscle fatigue or muscle weakness 6 , 21 ) .…”

Whole-body vibration decreases delayed onset muscle soreness following eccentric exercise in elite hockey players: a randomised controlled trial

“…The overall picture is encouraging, with meta-analysis finding vibration effective for prevention or treatment of DOMS [ 29 , 30 ]. Therapies studied include those provided before [ 31 – 36 ] and after [ 9 , 20 , 35 , 37 – 49 ] exercise; in athletes [ 36 , 49 ], untrained [ 9 , 31 – 35 , 37 , 38 , 40 , 42 , 45 , 47 , 48 ] and recreationally active [ 20 , 39 , 41 , 43 , 44 , 46 ] participants; and using local vibration [ 20 , 31 , 32 , 34 , 35 , 37 , 38 , 40 , 45 , 48 , 49 ] and WBV [ 9 , 33 , 36 , 39 , 41 – 44 , 46 , 47 ]. However, the specific case of WBV used post-exercise in elite athletes has not previously been examined.…”