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Achim Elfering1, Jan Thomann, Volker Schade
1Achim Elfering, Jan Thomann, Department of Psychology, University of Bern, 3000 Bern, Switzerland.
Aim:
To examined the effects of stochastic resonance whole-body vibration training on musculoskeletal pain in young healthy individuals.
Methods:
Participants were 43 undergraduate students of a Swiss University. The study was designed as a randomized controlled trial (RCT) with randomized group allocation. The RCT consisted of two groups each given 12 training sessions during four weeks with either 5 Hz- Training frequency (training condition) or 1.5 Hz Training frequency (control condition). Outcome was current musculoskeletal pain assessed in the evening on each day during the four week training period.
Results:
Multilevel regression analysis showed musculoskeletal pain was significantly decreased in the training condition whereas there was no change in the control condition (B = -0.023, SE = 0.010, P = 0.021). Decrease in current musculoskeletal pain over four weeks was linear.
Conclusion:
Stochastic resonance whole-body vibration reduced musculoskeletal pain in young healthy individuals. Stochastic resonance vibration and not any other exercise component within training caused pain reduction.
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