Vibration Therapy in Wheelchair Basketball Players

Karabuk University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Disability; Disabled Persons; Athletic Performance; Wheelchair Users

Treatments: Device: Vibration

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06403384

KBU-FTR-MU-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

No study was found that investigated the effect of vibration therapy (VT) on recovery from exercise in WCB players. Therefore, the aim of the study was to investigate the effects of wearable local vibration device on muscle soreness and athletic performance during recovery from exercise in the elbow area in WCB players.

Full description

Vibration therapy (VT) has been widely used to increase performance and rehabilitate injuries in athletes. Delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS), caused by excessive overload after training and competitions, leads to loss of performance. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of wearable local VT on muscle soreness and athletic performance in wheelchair basketball (WCB) players.

Enrollment: 13 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being a wheelchair basketball players

Exclusion criteria

• Having had an upper extremity operation within the last 6 months

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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13 participants in 2 patient groups

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

no intervention was applied for the control group

Vibration

Experimental group

Description:

Vibration was applied for the vibration group

Treatment:

Device: Vibration