Immediate Effect of Local Vibration Therapy for Sport-induced Fatigue Based on Traditional Chinese Medicine's Holistic Theory

Vibration therapy has been widely used and published in alleviating muscle fatigue. However, reports on applying vibration therapy based on the holisitic theory of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) remains limited. This study is to evaluate the immediate effect of vibration therapy on exercise-indu...

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Published in:Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare 2020-01, Vol.13, p.1993-2001
Main Authors: Chu, Yufan, Zhao, Yanan, Hu, Shugang, Wang, Qiming, Semeah, Luz M, Jia, Huanguang, Lv, Tao, Li, Xiaolong, Wang, Renqiu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
and vibration therapy
Athletes
Bladder
Care and treatment
Chinese medicine
Fatigue
Herbal medicine
holistic theory
Information management
Intervention
Martial arts
Medicine, Chinese
Muscle fatigue
Original Research
sport
Sports injuries
Teams
traditional chinese medicine
Vibration
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Summary:Vibration therapy has been widely used and published in alleviating muscle fatigue. However, reports on applying vibration therapy based on the holisitic theory of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) remains limited. This study is to evaluate the immediate effect of vibration therapy on exercise-induced muscle fatigue. For this retrospective parallel controlled study, all data were from a previously approved and completed clinical trial. Participants (n=40) in the clinical trial included local Greco-Roman wrestling and Judo athletes in south China. The participants were equally randomly divided into the intervention group (n=20) and control group (n=20). The intervention group received a seven-week vibration intervention-based TCM holistic theory combined with conventional therapy, such as stretching, massage, and flapping, while the control group only received the conventional therapy. Surface electromyography (sEMG) of the lumbar segment of erector spinae was measured for each participant pre- and postintervention, and the two-point discrimination thresholds of the data were differentiated and compared with panel data analysis. For the control group, the pre- and postintervention sEMG measure showed no significant difference ( =0.333), whereas significant difference ( =0.004) was observed for the intervention group. Further, the pre- and postintervention two-point discrimination test also showed a significant difference ( =0.016) for the intervention group. The application of vibration therapy based on TCM holistic theory may have an immediate effect in reducing sport-induced muscle fatigue from intensive training. Future larger sample size and robust designed clinical trial is warranted to evaluate the long-term effect of the intervention.
ISSN:1178-2390
1178-2390
DOI:10.2147/JMDH.S263491