Effect of Bone on Vibration-Induced Muscle Electrical Activity (PMO-WBV-sEMG)

Effect of Hip Bone Mineral Density / Content on Vibration-Induced Hip Adductors Muscle Electrical Activity in Postmenopausal Women

The aim of this study is to investigate effects of femur exposed to vibration on the rest muscle electrical activity of hip adductors in cases with postmenopausal osteoporosis.

Among patients who will be admitted to the investigators clinic for out-patients and whose bone densitometric measurement will be made with a prediagnosis postmenopausal osteoporosis, a total of 80 voluntaries [40 having postmenopausal osteoporosis (femur neck or total hip T score < -2.0) and 40 Controls (Hip and lumbar bone mineral density normal)] are planned to include in this study.

After the left hip bone mineral density (BMD) and BMC is measured in all cases, whole body vibration will be applied in PMO groups and Controls. The rest muscle electrical activity of left hip muscles will be evaluated at pre-treatment, post-treatment and, during treatment in patients with PMO and then their data will be compared with Controls data.

Plasma sclerostin level will be measured before and 10th minute after vibration.

Cases will stand on vibration plate. WBV will be applied at a frequency of 40 Hz and amplitude of 2 mm for 30 + 30 seconds. WBV will be applied one session only. The left hip BMD and BMC will be evaluated by bone densitometer (Norland).

The rest muscle electrical activity of hip adductor muscles at rest will be measured by PowerLab (data acquisition system, ADInstruments, Australia) device.

This project is planed to be completed in 3 months.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Osteoporosis
• Intervention / Treatment: Procedure: vibration

Detailed Description

It is usually reported that there is a parallelism between changes in the bone structure and function and the muscle structure and function. Sarcopenia is frequently observed in osteoporotic patients. Bone formation increases or bone resorption decreases with exercise.

One of the most important functions of bone bear mechanical loads include body weight. Bone must be strong enough to resist the mechanical loading. Mechanisms need to protect bone when bone is subject to excessive mechanical loading. These mechanisms may mainly focus on strengthening the bone and/or changing vectorial properties of mechanical loading applied bone.

The vectorial properties of mechanical loading applied bone may be controlled by muscle contractions. Bone contains wide mechanoreceptor net constructed by osteocytes. So,distribution of the mechanical loading on bone cross-sectional area is possible to perceive. It may be also possible that inappropriate distribution of mechanical loading on bone crosssectional area is optimized by muscle contractions. To get this regulation, there should be a mechanism that muscle activity is controlled by central nervous system based on mechanical loading distribution on bone cross-sectional area. The investigators previously showed that bone can regulate muscle activity, based on its bone mineral density. According to this study result, it can be suggested there may exist a mechanism that bone sensing mechanical stimuli can send the signals to central nervous system and neuronally regulate muscle activity (bone myo-regulation reflex). (It is also well known that load-induced adaptive bone formation is neuronally regulated. Taken together, a general mechanism, bone reflex, may be defined that bone subjected to loading can neuronally regulate bone formation and muscle activity) Vibration has a strong osteogenic effect. Vibration-induced bone formation is neuronally regulated. Vibration can also effectively enhance muscle strength and power. Previous studies have shown that vibration increases muscle electromyographic (EMG) activity. It has been showed that bone has an effect on the increase in muscle EMG activity caused by vibration in healthy young adults in a study. In this study, it was reported that vibrations-induced increases in muscle electrical activity of flexor carpi radialis (FCR) was related to ultradistal radius bone mineral content (BMC) and the FCR H-reflex was suppressed or depressed during vibration. This findings were reported to support the assumption that the bone exposed to cyclic mechanical loading may neuronally regulate muscle activity.

The aim of this study is to investigate effects of femur exposed to vibration on the rest muscle electrical activity of hip adductors in cases with postmenopausal osteoporosis.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 80
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Istanbul, Turkey
    • Bagcilar Training & Research Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 43 years to 63 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• postmenopausal women with osteoporosis(femur neck or total hip T score<-2) or postmenopausal women without osteoporosis (normal femur and lumbar bone mineral density)
• women with ages varying between 45 and 65 years
• right handed women

Exclusion Criteria:

• secondary osteoporosis, fracture history
• early menopause
• osteopenia (-2 < femur neck or total hip T score < 1)
• neuropathy (central or peripheral)
• muscle, tendon, joint, vascular, dermatologic disease in lower extremity
• postural abnormality (scoliosis, kyphosis,short leg etc)
• systemic diseases (severe hypertension, coronary heart disease, etc)
• endocrine-metabolic bone diseases[paget, osteomalacia]
• medication that could affect the musculoskeletal system
• obesity (BMI >30 kg/m2 or body weight>80kg)
• professional sportswoman
• female doing regular sports activities
• non-cooperative subject
• vertigo

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Basic Science
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Bone loss; Postmenopausal women with osteoporosis, whole body vibration will be applied at 40 Hz, 2mm amplitude, 30+30s	Procedure: vibration; Vibration frequency: 40 Hz, duration: 30+30 s, 2mm amplitude
Experimental: Normal; Postmenopausal women without osteoporosis, whole body vibration will be applied at 40 Hz, 2mm amplitude, 30+30s	Procedure: vibration; Vibration frequency: 40 Hz, duration: 30+30 s, 2mm amplitude

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Vibration-induced muscle electrical activity	3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Bagcilar Training and Research Hospital
• Collaborators: Istanbul University
• Investigators: Study Chair: ILHAN KARACAN, MD, Bagcilar Training & Research Hospital

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: April 1, 2011
• Primary Completion (Actual): June 1, 2011
• Study Completion (Actual): July 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 6, 2011
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 3, 2011
• First Posted (Estimate): June 6, 2011

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): January 30, 2013
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 29, 2013
• Last Verified: January 1, 2013

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: bone; muscle electrical activity; whole-body vibration
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Metabolic Diseases; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Bone Diseases; Bone Diseases, Metabolic; Osteoporosis
• Other Study ID Numbers: BEAH FTR-3