Reduce Muscle Soreness and Enhance Muscle Recovery.

J Phys Ther Sci, 2016; 28(6): 1781-5, PMID: 27390415 external link

Effects of whole-body vibration after eccentric exercise on muscle soreness and muscle strength recovery.

Timon R, Tejero J, Brazo-Sayavera J, Crespo C, Olcina G
Department of Physical Education and Sport, Sport Sciences Faculty, University of Extremadura, Spain.

Abstract

Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate whether or not a single whole-body vibration treatment after eccentric exercise can reduce muscle soreness and enhance muscle recovery.

Subjects and Methods: Twenty untrained participants were randomly assigned to two groups: a vibration group (n=10) and control group (n=10). Participants performed eccentric quadriceps training of 4 sets of 5 repetitions at 120% 1RM, with 4 min rest between sets. After that, the vibration group received 3 sets of 1 min whole body vibration (12 Hz, 4 mm) with 30 s of passive recovery between sets. Serum creatine kinase, blood urea nitrogen, muscle soreness (visual analog scale) and muscle strength (peak isometric torque) were assessed.

Results: Creatine kinase was lower in the vibration group than in the control group at 24 h (200.2 +/- 8.2 vs. 300.5 +/- 26.1 U/L) and at 48 h (175.2 +/- 12.5 vs. 285.2 +/- 19.7 U/L) post-exercise. Muscle soreness decreased in vibration group compared to control group at 48 h post-exercise (34.1 +/- 11.4 vs. 65.2 +/- 13.2 mm).

Conclusion: Single whole-body vibration treatment after eccentric exercise reduced delayed onset muscle soreness but it did not affect muscle strength recovery.