Vibration Training and Muscle Strength Development

The Effect of Resistance Training With Vibrating Weights on Muscle Strength Development and Everyday Functioning of Upper Limbs in Untrained Adults

Introduction:

Vibration has been used to enhance muscle strength development during resistance training.

Aim:

To assess the effect of adding vibration to a regular resistance training program, using free weights, on muscle strength and everyday functioning of upper limbs in untrained adults

Methods:

60 healthy untrained adults, 30-65 yrs, will divide into two groups: experiment and control. Training program will include 24 sessions, over a course of 8 weeks. The experiment group will use a 1 kg vibrating weights and the control group will use a standard 1 kg free weights. Every session will include 10-15 min of 3-5 standard resistant exercises for upper limbs. Each subject will perform an Isokinetic evaluation of muscular performance, for upper limbs, in 3 occasions: before starting the program, immediately after completing the 8-weeks training program and 4 weeks afterwards, to check the chronic effect of each training regime. Each subject will complete a DASH (Disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand) questionnaire at 4 occasions- as mentioned above and one more time, when completing the first 4 weeks of the training program, to reject any development of negative effects of the training program, such as pain or inflammation of the joints .

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Muscle Strength; Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Vibration resistance training

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 20
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Israel
  • Netanya, Israel, 42902
    • Wingate Institute

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 30 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• healthy adults, ages 30-65
• not participating in resistance training for upper limbs regularly

Exclusion Criteria:

• unbalanced hypertension
• cardiovascular disfunction or disease
• pain and or/ inflammation of the neck, shoulders and arms
• pregnant women

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Basic Science
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Vibration trainig	Other: Vibration resistance training; adding vibration to a standard resistance training with free-weights and checking the effect on muscle strength development and everyday functioning of upper limbs in untrained adults.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
The effect of vibration on muscle strength development and everyday functioning during a standard resistance training for upper limbs in untrained adults.	8 weeks of resistance training program

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Wingate Institute
• Investigators: Study Director: Eyal Shargal, PhD, Wingate Institute, Israel

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: June 1, 2010
• Primary Completion (Actual): September 1, 2010
• Study Completion (Actual): November 1, 2010

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 6, 2010
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 7, 2010
• First Posted (Estimate): June 8, 2010

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): December 9, 2015
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 8, 2015
• Last Verified: December 1, 2015

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 0034-10-HYMC