Vibration
Vibration has been studied in 3 papers since 2016: 1 observational study in people, 1 in cells, 1 review; 1 in the past year. The newest paper, May 27, 2022: “Effects of Focused Vibrations on Human Satellite Cells”.
“Reflexes were not observed with 250-Hz vibration”
- 1 lab in 1 country
- Funders: Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca and 1 more
- Humans1
- Cells1
What did studies of Vibration find?
3Studies of Vibration measured 3 outcomes; the most studied are activated satellite cells (1 study), apoptosis (1) and cutaneous reflex responses (1).
Activated satellite cells
upin human cells1
1 study
Activated satellite cells
upin human cells1
Vibration increases activated satellite cells in human cells.
“increased cell size and percentage of aligned cells, mitotic events, and activated cells.”
Cells
Effects of Focused Vibrations on Human Satellite Cells
International journal of molecular sciences
Apoptosis
downin human cells1
1 study
Apoptosis
downin human cells1
Vibration decreases apoptosis in human cells.
“After stimulations, we found in both young and aged subjects a reduced percentage of apoptotic cells”
Cells
Effects of Focused Vibrations on Human Satellite Cells
International journal of molecular sciences
Cutaneous reflex responses
no changein humans1
1 study
Cutaneous reflex responses
no changein humans1
Vibration has no effect on cutaneous reflex responses in humans.
“Reflexes were not observed with 250-Hz vibration”
Humanscontinuous vibrationtibialis anterior muscle250 Hz
Journal of neurophysiology
Funding
1 grant since 2017National Institute on AgingUS$2m