Vibration Therapy in Wheelchair Basketball Players

May 3, 2024 updated by: MERT UYSAL, Karabuk University

Effects of Vibration Therapy on Muscle Soreness and Athletic Performance in Wheelchair Basketball Players

No study was found that investigated the effect of vibration therapy (VT) on recovery from exercise in WCB players. Therefore, the aim of the study was to investigate the effects of wearable local vibration device on muscle soreness and athletic performance during recovery from exercise in the elbow area in WCB players.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Vibration therapy (VT) has been widely used to increase performance and rehabilitate injuries in athletes. Delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS), caused by excessive overload after training and competitions, leads to loss of performance. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of wearable local VT on muscle soreness and athletic performance in wheelchair basketball (WCB) players.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

13

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Turkey
      • Karabük, Turkey
        • Karabuk U

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Being a wheelchair basketball players

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Having had an upper extremity operation within the last 6 months

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control
no intervention was applied for the control group
Experimental: Vibration
Vibration was applied for the vibration group
Device: Vibration
Local vibration was applied

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Muscle Soreness
Time Frame: pre-exercise (baseline), and 30 minutes and 24 hours post-exercise
Muscle soreness was evaluated for both arms of the athletes with the "Numeric Pain Scale". This scale is horizontally scored between 0-10 (0 = no pain, 10 = unbearable pain).
pre-exercise (baseline), and 30 minutes and 24 hours post-exercise
Shooting percentage
Time Frame: pre-exercise (baseline), and 30 minutes and 24 hours post-exercise
The participants were asked to shoot 10 free throws in total from the free throw line with the wheelchair after a warmup. The percentage of successful throws was accepted as the shooting percentage value of the athletes (number of successful throws x 100 / total number of throws).
pre-exercise (baseline), and 30 minutes and 24 hours post-exercise
20-meter sprint test
Time Frame: pre-exercise (baseline), and 30 minutes and 24 hours post-exercise
For the test, a 20-meter track was created on the basketball court floor, and 2 meters were added to the distance and marked so that the athletes would not slow down on the last meters. The time to complete the 20-meter track with the ready and start command of the participants was recorded with a stopwatch.
pre-exercise (baseline), and 30 minutes and 24 hours post-exercise
Joint position sense
Time Frame: pre-exercise (baseline), and 30 minutes and 24 hours post-exercise
Joint position sense was evaluated with the passive to active joint repositioning method using a digital inclinometer device. The participants sat with the elbow extended and eyes closed on their wheelchairs. The target angles were selected 30°, 60° and 90° of the elbow joint.
pre-exercise (baseline), and 30 minutes and 24 hours post-exercise
Range of motion
Time Frame: pre-exercise (baseline), and 30 minutes and 24 hours post-exercise
Both elbow joint extension/flexion angles were measured with a universal goniometer (baseline) with the arm in anatomical position on the wheelchair.
pre-exercise (baseline), and 30 minutes and 24 hours post-exercise

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Karabuk University

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Mert Uysal, Karabuk University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

August 1, 2021

Primary Completion (Actual)

April 1, 2022

Study Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 30, 2024

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 3, 2024

First Posted (Actual)

May 7, 2024

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 7, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 3, 2024

Last Verified

May 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • KBU-FTR-MU-01

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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