Immediate Effect of a Single Session of Whole Body Vibration on Spasticity in Children With Cerebral Palsy

Park, Chunung; Park, Eun Sook; Choi, Ja Young; Cho, Yoon-A; Rha, Dong-Wook

doi:10.5535/arm.2017.41.2.273

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“…This phenomenon could be attributed to the trend of decreasing tendon stiffness after WBV in hemiparetic limbs and relative smaller changes in unaffected limbs. A previous study showed that a single 20 min session of WBV can reduce the spasticity of ankle plantar flexors for 1-2 h in children with cerebral palsy [27]. Another study revealed that a single session of WBV training appeared to successfully reduce ankle spasticity in stroke patients [28].…”

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Immediate Effect of Whole Body Vibration on Knee Extensor Tendon Stiffness in Hemiparetic Stroke Patients

Tsai

Chiao

et al. 2021

Medicina

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Background and Objectives: Whole body vibration is widely used to enhance muscle performance, but evidence of its effects on the tendon stiffness of the knee extensor tendon in stroke remains inconclusive. Our study was aimed to determine the difference in patellar and quadriceps tendon stiffness between hemiparetic and unaffected limbs in stroke patients and to investigate the immediate effect of whole body vibration on tendon stiffness. Materials and Methods: The patellar and quadriceps tendon stiffness of first-ever hemiplegic stroke patients was evaluated with elastography to compare the differences between hemiparetic and unaffected limbs. After one 20 min session of whole body vibration exercise in the standing position, tendon stiffness was again measured to evaluate the immediate effects of whole body vibration on tendon stiffness. Results: The results showed no significant differences in the tendon stiffness of the patellar and quadriceps tendons between hemiparetic and unaffected limbs. However, significant associations were found between the tendon stiffness of the patellar and quadriceps tendons and knee extensor spasticity on the hemiparetic side (ρ = 0.62; p = 0.044). There were no significant changes in tendon stiffness after a single session of whole body vibration. Conclusions: In conclusion, knee extensor tendon stiffness in hemiparetic limbs is positively correlated to the degree of knee extensor spasticity in stroke patients. However, a single session of whole body vibration does not alter tendon stiffness.

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Immediate Effect of Whole Body Vibration on Knee Extensor Tendon Stiffness in Hemiparetic Stroke Patients

Tsai

Chiao

et al. 2021

Medicina

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“…However, brief and localized encounters with vibration is analgesic and is known to reduce pain of such things as injections [ 3 ], acute headaches [ 4 ] and hair restoration procedures [ 5 ]. Clinically, vibration is also used in managing diseases such as meibomian gland dysfunction [ 6 ], cerebral palsy [ 7 , 8 ] and Parkinson’s disease [ 9 ].…”

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Vibration, a treatment for migraine, linked to calpain driven changes in actin cytoskeleton

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Understanding how a human cell reacts to external physical stimuli is essential to understanding why vibration can elicit localized pain reduction. Stimulation of epithelial cells with external vibration forces has been shown to change cell shape, particularly in regards to structures involved in non-muscle cell motility. We hypothesized that epithelial cells respond to vibration transduction by altering proteins involved in remodeling cytoskeleton. Epithelial cells were exposed to vibration and assessed by microscopy, cytoskeletal staining, immunoblotting and quantitative RT-PCR. Here, we report that epithelial cell lines exposed to 15 minutes of vibration retract filopodia and concentrate actin at the periphery of the cell. In particular, we show an increased expression of the calcium-dependent, cysteine protease, calpain. The discovery that cell transitions are induced by limited exposure to natural forces, such as vibration, provides a foundation to explain how vibrational treatment helps migraine patients.

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“…A low frequency sound (below 100Hz) in the audible range can produce mechanical vibrations that are different from the infrasonic frequencies (below 20 Hz) that are not audible to the human ear. (Hooper J., 2002) By the term vibroacoustic therapy in literature is intended the sound-induced, low-frequency vibrations (not mechanical vibrations) mixed with music listening this kind of particular therapy could induce results also on the muscular system and in spasticity (Park C.,2017) Vibroacoustic therapy uses low-frequency sinusoidal sound in the 30-120 Hz range supplemented by music for therapeutic purposes (Wigram T., 1996). In the 1990, the physio acoustic method based on body scanning with a sinusoidal sound between 27-113 Hz and listening to specially selected music was developed by Lehikoinen (Boyd-Brewer C. H., 2003).…”

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Role of vibration and sound in Physiotherapy

Maria¹,

Supplizi

Irace³

et al. 2020

JAHC

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In literature the therapeutic efficacy of vibrations applied to the human body is well known. Even music has recently been the subject of scientific researches. This single-blind randomized controlled clinical trial was carried out within the “Gabriele d'Annunzio” University, Chieti-Pescara. The objective was to verify whether the immediate effects on the body of combined acoustic and vibrational stimulations are more effective than simple musical listening. A vibro-acoustic platform was used, a tool that allows the patient to listen to sounds while perceiving the vibration caused by the music itself thanks to speakers placed under the whole body. One hundred healthy subjects were randomly divided into two groups: the experimental group underwent a single session of a vibro-acoustic stimulation, while the control group underwent a single session with non-functioning vibration platform and acoustic stimulation. Vital parameters, mean body temperature variations, distribution of body fluids, muscular rheological parameters, appreciation of the therapy and subjective perceptions were evaluated. Positive but mixed improvement were obtained for the whole sample, making it difficult to determine whether the vibro-acoustic stimulation is better than simple acoustic stimulation for the considered parameters improvement. Further studies are needed to clarify which kind of stimulation leads to the best result.

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Immediate Effect of a Single Session of Whole Body Vibration on Spasticity in Children With Cerebral Palsy

Cited by 12 publications

References 20 publications

Immediate Effect of Whole Body Vibration on Knee Extensor Tendon Stiffness in Hemiparetic Stroke Patients

Immediate Effect of Whole Body Vibration on Knee Extensor Tendon Stiffness in Hemiparetic Stroke Patients

Vibration, a treatment for migraine, linked to calpain driven changes in actin cytoskeleton

Role of vibration and sound in Physiotherapy

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