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NCT Number: NCT03289689

Whole-body Vibration and Manual Ability

Purpose: To evaluate the short-term effects of whole-body vibration (WBV), using reciprocating plate technique, on manual ability performance in healthy younger.

Material and methods: 38 healthy young volunteers were randomized to WBV group (N=19; 6 men, 13 women; mean age 21, 3.8yrs) or control group (N=19; 6 men, 13 women; mean age 20.5, 3.5yrs). The subjects in the WBV group performed one series of five consecutive repetitions of 60 sec unsynchronised WBV (Zeptoring, Scisen GmbH, Germany; 4 Hz, amplitude 3mm) with a 1-min pause between administrations, three times a week. The controls did not receive any training. Both groups were evaluated at baseline and after intervention, in the Rey Juan Carlos University´s Gait Analysis Laboratory. Four outcome measures of Purdue Pegboard test (PPT): preferred hand (PH), non-preferred hand (NPH), both hands (BH) and assembly (A) was performed baseline and 5 min after intervention.

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Key information

Conditions

Body Weight Behavior Motor Activity Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms Vibration

Age range

18 year–30 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

Alcorcón, Madrid, 28922, Spain

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Healthy subjects aged between 18 and 30 years.

Exclusion criteria

  • Contraindication for WBV: pregnancy, recent fractures, malignancies, kidney stones, cardiac pacemaker, infectious disease or recent thromboembolic.
  • Subjects with any musculoskeletal o neurological disorders that affected their hands.
  • Individuals already treated with WBV were excluded.

Treatment and study plan

whole-body vibration (WBV)

Device

Whole-body vibration (WBV) is a novel neuromuscular therapeutic intervention that has recently been developed since in the mid-1960s. Hagbart and Eklund showed in human experiments that a reflex muscle contraction can result as a consequence of applying vibrations to the muscular-tendon system. The subjects stand on a platform that generates stochastic vibrations at a frequency between 1-12.5 Hz.

Primary outcomes

  1. Purdue Pegboard test (change)

    Time frame: Baseline, immediately after intervention and one month after the intervention

    Change in Purdue Pegboard test. This tool evaluates the fine dexterity

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

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Registry information

Official study title

The Acute Effects of Whole-Body Vibration on Manual Ability Performance: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Important dates

Study start
2017
Primary completion
2017
Study completion
2017
First posted
Sep 21, 2017
Registry last updated
Nov 28, 2017

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