Vibration Therapy in Wheelchair Basketball Players

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Wheelchair Users; Disabled Persons; Athletic Performance; Disability
• Interventions: Device: Vibration

• Registration Number: NCT06403384
• Lead Sponsor: Karabuk University

Brief Summary

No study was found that investigated the effect of vibration therapy (VT) on recovery from exercise in WCB players. Therefore, the aim of the study was to investigate the effects of wearable local vibration device on muscle soreness and athletic performance during recovery from exercise in the elbow area in WCB players.

Detailed Description

Vibration therapy (VT) has been widely used to increase performance and rehabilitate injuries in athletes. Delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS), caused by excessive overload after training and competitions, leads to loss of performance. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of wearable local VT on muscle soreness and athletic performance in wheelchair basketball (WCB) players.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-08-01
• Primary Completion: 2022-04-01
• Study Completion: 2022-08-01
• Study First Submitted: 2024-04-30
• Status Verified: 2024-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-05-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-05-03
• Study First Posted: 2024-05-07
• Last Update Posted: 2024-05-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 13

Inclusion Criteria

• Being a wheelchair basketball players

Exclusion Criteria

• Having had an upper extremity operation within the last 6 months

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Vibration	Vibration	Vibration was applied for the vibration group

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Joint position sense	pre-exercise (baseline), and 30 minutes and 24 hours post-exercise	Joint position sense was evaluated with the passive to active joint repositioning method using a digital inclinometer device. The participants sat with the elbow extended and eyes closed on their wheelchairs. The target angles were selected 30°, 60° and 90° of the elbow joint.
Muscle Soreness	pre-exercise (baseline), and 30 minutes and 24 hours post-exercise	Muscle soreness was evaluated for both arms of the athletes with the "Numeric Pain Scale". This scale is horizontally scored between 0-10 (0 = no pain, 10 = unbearable pain).
Shooting percentage	pre-exercise (baseline), and 30 minutes and 24 hours post-exercise	The participants were asked to shoot 10 free throws in total from the free throw line with the wheelchair after a warmup. The percentage of successful throws was accepted as the shooting percentage value of the athletes (number of successful throws x 100 / total number of throws).
20-meter sprint test	pre-exercise (baseline), and 30 minutes and 24 hours post-exercise	For the test, a 20-meter track was created on the basketball court floor, and 2 meters were added to the distance and marked so that the athletes would not slow down on the last meters. The time to complete the 20-meter track with the ready and start command of the participants was recorded with a stopwatch.
Range of motion	pre-exercise (baseline), and 30 minutes and 24 hours post-exercise	Both elbow joint extension/flexion angles were measured with a universal goniometer (baseline) with the arm in anatomical position on the wheelchair.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Karabuk U; 🇹🇷 Karabük, Turkey