Corticospinal and spinal adaptations following lower limb motor skill training: a meta-analysis with best evidence synthesis

Woodhead, Alex; North, Jamie S.; Hill, Jessica; Murphy, Carole; Kidgell, Dawson; Tallent, Jamie

doi:10.1007/s00221-023-06563-3

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“…The effect of fatigue is, therefore, detrimental to adequate motor performance, worsening both muscle function and motor skilling. Literature [ 58 ] suggests that proprioceptive activation can exert a reciprocal inhibition on ergoception fatigue signals. Such a mechanism is described as to be like the Gate Control, in which large diameter tactile fibres inhibit smaller diameter pain fibres.…”

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Effectiveness of Focal Muscle Vibration in the Recovery of Neuromotor Hypofunction: A Systematic Review

Fattorini

Rodio

Filippi

et al. 2023

JFMK

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Adequate physical recovery after trauma, injury, disease, a long period of hypomobility, or simply ageing is a difficult goal because rehabilitation protocols are long-lasting and often cannot ensure complete motor recovery. Therefore, the optimisation of rehabilitation procedures is an important target to be achieved. The possibility of restoring motor functions by acting on proprioceptive signals by unspecific repetitive muscle vibration, focally applied on single muscles (RFV), instead of only training muscle function, is a new perspective, as suggested by the effects on the motor performance evidenced by healthy persons. The focal muscle vibration consists of micro-stretching-shortening sequences applied to individual muscles. By repeating such stimulation, an immediate and persistent increase in motility can be attained. This review aims to show whether this proprioceptive stimulation is useful for optimising the rehabilitative process in the presence of poor motor function. Papers reporting RFV effects have evidenced that the motor deficits can be counteracted by focal vibration leading to an early and quick complete recovery. The RFV efficacy has been observed in various clinical conditions. The motor improvements were immediate and obtained without loading the joints. The review suggests that these protocols can be considered a powerful new advantage to enhance traditional rehabilitation and achieve a more complete motor recovery.

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confidence: 99%