What is it about?
Vibration stimulation exercise has been shown to be effective in improving muscle strength, muscle power etc. To exploit the positive effects of vibration stimuli, vibration exercise devices are being developed for upper limbs (arms) and lower limbs (legs). However, current vibration devices do not allow the user to expend any voluntary force while receiving the vibration stimulation. We have developed and tested a novel lower limb vibration exercise device which allows the user to apply voluntary force while receiving the vibration stimulation.
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Why is it important?
As variation in muscle length (hence level of muscle contraction) while receiving vibration stimulation can alter final neuromuscular response, by designing an exercise device which enables the user to change muscle contraction level, we have developed a device which can increase the effective neuromuscular response generated during the vibration exercise.
Perspectives
The idea behind developing this device is that by enabling vibration stimuli to be superimposed on various levels of isometric contractions, one can exploit the benefits of vibration exercise.
Dr Amit N Pujari
University of Aberdeen
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This page is a summary of: A novel vibration device for neuromuscular stimulation for sports and rehabilitation applications, September 2009, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE),
DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2009.5333675.
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