Whole-Body Vibration on Performance of Quadriceps After ACL Reconstruction: A Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial

Abstract

The use of WBV did not immediately alter the performance of the quadriceps femoris and the electromyographic activity of vastus lateralis and vastus medialis muscles. In addition, it also did not interfere with pressure center oscillation of individuals subjected to anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.

Whole-Body Vibration for Individuals with Reconstructed Anterior Cruciate Ligament: A Systematic Review

“…Detailed description and results of the included studies are presented in Table 1. Seven out of ten studies were designed as randomized controlled trials [14,15,[29][30][31][32][33], and three were designed as randomized crossover trials [16,34,35]. Four studies analysed the effects of a single session of WBV [16,34,35], and six studies analysed the effects of WBV programs with a minimum of two weeks (10 sessions) [33] and a maximum of ten weeks (30-40 sessions) [29].…”

“…Four studies analysed the effects of a single session of WBV [16,34,35], and six studies analysed the effects of WBV programs with a minimum of two weeks (10 sessions) [33] and a maximum of ten weeks (30-40 sessions) [29]. Four studies investigated the effects of WBV and other programs [14,30,32,33], and six investigated the effects of WBV alone [15,16,29,31,34,35]. Only three studies had follow-up assessments at 1 week after the intervention [33], 3 months after the intervention [30], and one month after the intervention [32].…”

“…Most studies included male and female patients; however, Moezy et al [31] and da Costa et al [15] included only male subjects, Costantino, Bertuletti, and Romiti [14] have included only female participants and [32] have not stated the gender of the participants. In general, the sample size was small, ranging between 20 participants [16,[33][34][35] and 48 participants [30].…”

“…A type exercise that can be used to an effective management of individuals with ACL injuries comprises the use of mechanical vibration generated in a vibrating platform (VP) that is transmitted to an individual standing over the VP. This modality is called whole-body vibration (WBV) [14][15][16].…”

“…Marín et al [23] reported that the magnitude of the WBV effect was higher with the amplitude of 4 mm in comparison to 2 mm for the VL and gastrocnemius medialis muscles. This neuromuscular activation can be of interest in individuals with ACL injuries and previous research has evidenced beneficial effects in strength, balance, and electromyographic activity (e.g., [15]); however, no systematic analysis of the existing literature about this topic has been conducted.…”