Vibration Training and Muscle Strength Development

Muscle Strength Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Resistance Training With Vibrating Weights on Muscle Strength Development and Everyday Functioning of Upper Limbs in Untrained Adults

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01139606
• Other study ID #: 0034-10-HYMC
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: June 6, 2010
• Last updated: December 8, 2015
• Start date: June 2010
• Est. completion date: November 2010

Study information

• Verified date: December 2015
• Source: Wingate Institute
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Israel: Ministry of Health
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Introduction:

Vibration has been used to enhance muscle strength development during resistance training.

Aim:

To assess the effect of adding vibration to a regular resistance training program, using free weights, on muscle strength and everyday functioning of upper limbs in untrained adults

Methods:

60 healthy untrained adults, 30-65 yrs, will divide into two groups: experiment and control. Training program will include 24 sessions, over a course of 8 weeks. The experiment group will use a 1 kg vibrating weights and the control group will use a standard 1 kg free weights. Every session will include 10-15 min of 3-5 standard resistant exercises for upper limbs. Each subject will perform an Isokinetic evaluation of muscular performance, for upper limbs, in 3 occasions: before starting the program, immediately after completing the 8-weeks training program and 4 weeks afterwards, to check the chronic effect of each training regime. Each subject will complete a DASH (Disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand) questionnaire at 4 occasions- as mentioned above and one more time, when completing the first 4 weeks of the training program, to reject any development of negative effects of the training program, such as pain or inflammation of the joints .

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 20
• Est. completion date: November 2010
• Est. primary completion date: September 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 30 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• healthy adults, ages 30-65

• not participating in resistance training for upper limbs regularly

Exclusion Criteria:

• unbalanced hypertension

• cardiovascular disfunction or disease

• pain and or/ inflammation of the neck, shoulders and arms

• pregnant women

Study Design

Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Basic Science

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand
• Muscle Strength

Intervention

Other:
• Vibration resistance training
adding vibration to a standard resistance training with free-weights and checking the effect on muscle strength development and everyday functioning of upper limbs in untrained adults.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Israel	Wingate Institute	Netanya

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Wingate Institute

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Israel, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	The effect of vibration on muscle strength development and everyday functioning during a standard resistance training for upper limbs in untrained adults.		8 weeks of resistance training program	Yes