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Case Report

Mechanical Focal Vibration Therapy for Muscle Injury Recovery in a Runner

by
Nicola Marotta
1,2,
Ennio Lopresti
3,
Emanuele Prestifilippo
3,
Vincenzo Aiello
4,
Marco Mazzei
3,
Lorenzo Scozzafava
3,
Federica Pisani
3,
Maria Teresa Inzitari
3,
Umile Giuseppe Longo
5,6,
Alessandro de Sire
2,3,* and
Antonio Ammendolia
2,3
1
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Catanzaro “Magna Graecia”, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
2
Research Center on Musculoskeletal Health, MusculoSkeletalHealth@UMG, University of Catanzaro “Magna Graecia”, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
3
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Catanzaro “Magna Graecia”, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
4
Rheumatology Clinic ‘Madonna dello Scoglio’ Cotronei, 88900 Crotone, Italy
5
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 200, 00128 Roma, Italy
6
Research Unit of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 21, 00128 Roma, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Appl. Sci. 2025, 15(4), 2022; https://doi.org/10.3390/app15042022
Submission received: 10 January 2025 / Revised: 10 February 2025 / Accepted: 11 February 2025 / Published: 14 February 2025
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sports Medicine and Physiology: Bones, Arthrosis and Muscles)
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Abstract

Vibrotherapy has been gaining popularity as a conceivable rehabilitative physical agent modality to decrease the pain and time for proper return-to-sport. This study aimed to assess the administration of mechanical Focal Vibration (mFV) in an adult male amateur runner with a grade II lesion of the rectus femoris muscle. He had to stop training 2 years ago and recently started running at least 3 days a week (5 km for 30 min/session). Five sessions of mechanical vibration were performed (20 min application, with an approximately 30 s pause between sequential sessions) per week for 2 weeks. Four weeks after the therapy, the lesion was healed, with an early good recovery in balance (Centre of pressure (CoP) speed (mm/s) decreased from 70.2 ± 13 to 46.7 ± 8, CoP area (mm2) decreased from 258 ± 31 to 203 ± 25) and pain relief (NRS reduced from 8/10 to 2/10), allowing the patient a short-term return to sport. These case report results might suggest that the use of mFV is a safe and reliable approach for muscle injury recovery, combinable within a multidisciplinary rehabilitation model.
Keywords: vibrotherapy; vibrational therapy; sport; muscle injury; rehabilitation vibrotherapy; vibrational therapy; sport; muscle injury; rehabilitation

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Marotta, N.; Lopresti, E.; Prestifilippo, E.; Aiello, V.; Mazzei, M.; Scozzafava, L.; Pisani, F.; Inzitari, M.T.; Longo, U.G.; de Sire, A.; et al. Mechanical Focal Vibration Therapy for Muscle Injury Recovery in a Runner. Appl. Sci. 2025, 15, 2022. https://doi.org/10.3390/app15042022

AMA Style

Marotta N, Lopresti E, Prestifilippo E, Aiello V, Mazzei M, Scozzafava L, Pisani F, Inzitari MT, Longo UG, de Sire A, et al. Mechanical Focal Vibration Therapy for Muscle Injury Recovery in a Runner. Applied Sciences. 2025; 15(4):2022. https://doi.org/10.3390/app15042022

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Marotta, Nicola, Ennio Lopresti, Emanuele Prestifilippo, Vincenzo Aiello, Marco Mazzei, Lorenzo Scozzafava, Federica Pisani, Maria Teresa Inzitari, Umile Giuseppe Longo, Alessandro de Sire, and et al. 2025. "Mechanical Focal Vibration Therapy for Muscle Injury Recovery in a Runner" Applied Sciences 15, no. 4: 2022. https://doi.org/10.3390/app15042022

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Marotta, N., Lopresti, E., Prestifilippo, E., Aiello, V., Mazzei, M., Scozzafava, L., Pisani, F., Inzitari, M. T., Longo, U. G., de Sire, A., & Ammendolia, A. (2025). Mechanical Focal Vibration Therapy for Muscle Injury Recovery in a Runner. Applied Sciences, 15(4), 2022. https://doi.org/10.3390/app15042022

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