title: Vibration Therapy Is No More Effective Than the Standard Practice of Massage and Stretching for Promoting Recovery From Muscle Damage After Eccentric Exercise.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to determine if vibration therapy is more effective than the standard treatment of stretching and massage for improving recovery of muscle strength and reducing muscle soreness after muscle damage induced by eccentric exercise.
  
  
  METHODS
  A randomized, single-blinded parallel intervention trial design was used.
  
  
  METHODS
  Research laboratory.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty untrained men aged 18 to 30 years completed the study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants performed 100 maximal eccentric muscle actions (ECCmax) of the right knee extensor muscles. For the next 7 days, 25 participants applied cycloidal vibration therapy to the knee extensors twice daily and 25 participants performed stretching and sports massage (SSM) twice daily.
  
  
  METHODS
  Changes in markers of muscle damage [peak isometric torque (PIT), serum creatine kinase (CK), and serum myoglobin (Mb)], muscle soreness (visual analog scale), and inflammation [serum C-reactive protein (CRP)] were assessed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After ECCmax, there was no difference in recovery of PIT and muscle soreness or serum CK, Mb, and CRP levels between vibration and SSM groups (P > 0.28).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cycloidal vibration therapy is no more effective than the standard practice of stretching and massage to promote muscle recovery after the performance of muscle-damaging exercise.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Prescription of vibration therapy after maximal exercise involving eccentric muscle damage did not alleviate signs and symptoms of muscle damage faster than the standard prescription of stretching and massage.
authors.affiliation: *Nutritional Physiology Research Centre, Sansom Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia; and †Clinical Nutrition Research Centre, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia.
authors.forename: Joel T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Fuller
authors.forename: Rebecca L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Thomson
authors.forename: Peter R C
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Howe
authors.forename: Jonathan D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Buckley
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000378:metabolism; D015444:Exercise; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008405:Massage / Q000379:methods*; D053580:Muscle Strength; D052580:Muscle Stretching Exercises / Q000379:methods*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000293:injuries / Q000378:metabolism; D009211:Myoglobin / Q000378:metabolism; D052097:Quadriceps Muscle / Q000293:injuries* / Q000378:metabolism; D020127:Recovery of Function; D016037:Single-Blind Method; D019415:Torque; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014732:Vibration / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D009211:Myoglobin; D002097:C-Reactive Protein; D003402:Creatine Kinase