Whole Body Vibration Training Improves Maximal Strength of the Knee Extensors, Time-to-Exhaustion and Attenuates Neuromuscular Fatigue
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Experimental Procedures
2.3. Fatiguing Exercise
2.4. Neuromuscular Function Evaluation
2.5. Percutaneous Nerve Stimulation
2.6. sEMG Recordings
2.7. WBV and SHAM Training
2.8. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Effects of the Training Period on Neuromuscular Function
3.2. Effects of the Fatiguing Exercise on Neuromuscular Function
3.3. Effects of the Training Period on the Fatiguing Exercise
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Before the Fatiguing Exercise | After the Fatiguing Exercise | |||||||||
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KE MVIC | VA | RMS/Mmax | KF MVIC | KE MVIC | VA | RMS/Mmax | KF MVIC | |||
N.m | % | a.u. | N.m | N.m | % | a.u. | N.m | |||
WBV | PRE | mean | 222.89 | 90.62 | 0.26 | 106.94 | 189.55 | 86.70 | 0.21 | 110.47 |
SD | 30.58 | 8.81 | 0.10 | 25.55 | 33.88 | 10.41 | 0.12 | 24.74 | ||
POST | mean | 235.17 | 95.17 | 0.25 | 130.05 | 222.45 | 91.89 | 0.21 | 130.54 | |
SD | 36.62 | 3.84 | 0.08 | 24.14 | 51.07 | 9.27 | 0.06 | 27.78 | ||
SHAM | PRE | mean | 208.35 | 89.63 | 0.22 | 90.42 | 192.23 | 89.51 | 0.24 | 89.29 |
SD | 32.09 | 8.50 | 0.04 | 17.01 | 39.85 | 11.46 | 0.04 | 18.98 | ||
POST | mean | 213.56 | 85.37 | 0.25 | 100.00 | 195.56 | 87.07 | 0.27 | 92.15 | |
SD | 37.16 | 9.77 | 0.07 | 18.19 | 36.33 | 10.09 | 0.08 | 13.46 |
Before the Fatiguing Exercise | After the Fatiguing Exercise | |||||||||
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PtS | PtD | PtDPot | PCP | PtS | PtD | PtDPot | PCP | |||
N.m | N.m | N.m | a.u. | N.m | N.m | N.m | a.u. | |||
WBV | PRE | mean | 31.39 | 72.10 | 99.32 | 1.32 | 45.52 | 89.48 | 96.68 | 1.12 |
SD | 8.99 | 6.80 | 9.56 | 0.13 | 15.65 | 8.93 | 13.84 | 0.13 | ||
POST | mean | 38.52 | 81.01 | 98.12 | 1.26 | 38.68 | 82.99 | 93.91 | 1.13 | |
SD | 10.94 | 11.63 | 20.26 | 0.09 | 14.39 | 19.09 | 22.07 | 0.12 | ||
SHAM | PRE | mean | 35.90 | 80.18 | 94.38 | 1.18 | 37.33 | 81.20 | 87.73 | 1.09 |
SD | 17.90 | 20.85 | 25.01 | 0.12 | 11.77 | 15.42 | 14.13 | 0.09 | ||
POST | mean | 46.05 | 88.66 | 99.35 | 1.13 | 42.53 | 88.84 | 97.68 | 1.11 | |
SD | 15.64 | 21.10 | 20.41 | 0.11 | 15.49 | 17.56 | 14.69 | 0.08 |
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Colson, S.S.; Gioda, J.; Da Silva, F. Whole Body Vibration Training Improves Maximal Strength of the Knee Extensors, Time-to-Exhaustion and Attenuates Neuromuscular Fatigue. Sports 2023, 11, 94. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports11050094
Colson SS, Gioda J, Da Silva F. Whole Body Vibration Training Improves Maximal Strength of the Knee Extensors, Time-to-Exhaustion and Attenuates Neuromuscular Fatigue. Sports. 2023; 11(5):94. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports11050094
Chicago/Turabian StyleColson, Serge S., Jennifer Gioda, and Flavio Da Silva. 2023. "Whole Body Vibration Training Improves Maximal Strength of the Knee Extensors, Time-to-Exhaustion and Attenuates Neuromuscular Fatigue" Sports 11, no. 5: 94. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports11050094