Effect of Whole-body Vibration on the Ankle Joint, Plantar Pressure, and Running Paramethers

NCT ID: NCT06227312

Last Updated: 2024-01-26

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 16 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-11-14
• Study Completion Date: 2022-12-22

Brief Summary

The main purpose of this study was the assessment of whole-body vibration warm-up, modified drop jumps, and combination of both on the range of motion of dorsiflexion in the ankle joint and running time. 16 recreationally active runners performed 4 different warm-up variants one week apart: 5 sets of 30 s calf raises on the platform but without vibration (CTRL), the same as CTRL group but with vibration with 30 s rest intervals between sets (WBV), 6 drop jumps with a 30 s rest interval between sets (DJ); last group was combination of both WBV and DJ groups (WBV+DJ). The study included muscle flexibility tests for the soleus and gastrocnemius muscles performed before the warm-up, 3 minutes after warm-up and immediately after a 3000 m run on a treadmill. The running time was measured and the run had to be completed in the shortest possible time.

Additionally, in the third week of the study there were performed static and dynamic foot measurements immediately before and after a 3000 m treadmill run. The main purpose of that gait analysis was to assess the impact of a 3km run on plantar pressure patterns and gait parameters in recreational runners.

Conditions

Range of Motion; Running; Gait

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: BASIC_SCIENCE
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

warm-up intervention

Each participant performed all warm-up variants one week apart, without the possibility of repeating:

CTRL 5 sets of 30 s calf raises on the platform but without vibration with 30 s rest intervals between sets; WBV 5 sets of 30 s calf raises on the vibration platform with 30 s rest intervals between sets; DJ 6 modified drop jump with a 30 s rest interval between sets (DJ); WBV + DJ 5 sets of 30 s calf raises on the vibration platform followed by 6 drop jumps with a 30 s rest interval between sets

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

LADY 1 Pro, New Life Balance

Intervention Type: DEVICE

whole-body vibration training on the platform

exercises

Intervention Type: OTHER

calf raises and modified drop jumps

Interventions

LADY 1 Pro, New Life Balance

whole-body vibration training on the platform

Intervention Type: DEVICE

exercises

calf raises and modified drop jumps

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• healthy and recreationally active males
• minimum two years of running training experience

Exclusion Criteria

• rheumatological disease
• neurological disease
• orthopaedic disease
• genetic disease
• cardiovascular system disease
• pain in lower limbs in the last year
• pain in lumbar spine in the last year
• surgeries of lower limbs in the last year
• surgeries of spine in the last year
• musculoskeletal injuries in the lower limbs in the last year
• musculoskeletal injuries in the lumbar spine in the last year
• the absence during one or more training day

• Minimum Eligible Age: 34 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 42 Years
• Eligible Sex: MALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sport

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Paulina W Ewertowska, PhD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sport

Locations

Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sport

Gdansk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Countries

Poland

Other Identifiers

AWFiS/2023_6_PE

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id