High-frequency whole-body vibration activates tonic vibration reflex. 2023

Eser Kalaoğlu, and Ömer Faruk Bucak, and Mustafa Kökçe, and Mehmet Özkan, and Mert Çetin, and Mücahit Atasoy, and Lütfiye Aytüre, and İlhan Karacan
Department of Physical Medicine Rehabilitation, Bahçe Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Hospital, Osmaniye, Türkiye.

The aim of this research was to examine whether high-frequency whole-body vibration activates the tonic vibration reflex (TVR). The experimental study was conducted with seven volunteers (mean age: 30.8±3.3 years; range, 26 to 35 years) between December 2021 and January 2022. To elicit soleus TVR, high-frequency (100-150 Hz) vibration was applied to the Achilles tendon. High-frequency (100-150 Hz) whole-body vibration and low-frequency (30-40 Hz) whole-body vibration were applied in quiet standing. Whole-body vibration-induced reflexes were recorded from the soleus muscle using surface electromyography. The cumulative average method was used to determine the reflex latencies. Soleus TVR latency was 35.6±5.9 msec, the latency of the reflex activated by high-frequency whole-body vibration was 34.8±6.2 msec, and the latency of the reflex activated by low-frequency whole-body vibration was 42.8±3.4 msec (F(2, 12)=40.07, p=0.0001, ƞ2 =0.87). The low-frequency whole-body vibration-induced reflex latency was significantly longer than high-frequency whole-body vibration-induced reflex latency and TVR latency (p=0.002 and p=0.001, respectively). High-frequency whole-body vibration-induced reflex latency and TVR latency were found to be similar (p=0.526). This study showed that high-frequency whole-body vibration activates TVR.

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