Cazemier, L. (Laura) (2014) The dose-response relation of hand and whole body vibration on acute cognitive effects in young healthy subjects. thesis, Human Movement Sciences.
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Introduction: The objective of this study is to investigate the dose-response relation of hand and whole body vibration on acute effects of cognitive functioning. Methods: Twenty-four healthy young adults enrolled in two experiments. In experiment 1 the dose-response relation of hand vibration was investigated by vibrating the hands of participants for 2, 4 and 8 minutes. In experiment 2 the dose-response relation of whole body vibration was examined, whereby the participants were being vibrated using a vibrating chair also for 2, 4 and 8 minutes. Outcome measure was the Color-Word Interference task of the Stroop test and the results were analyzed with a repeated measures ANOVA. Results: No significant improvements of hand or whole body vibration were found on cognitive functioning after 2, 4 or 8 minutes of vibration. Conclusion: This study did not support acute effects of hand- and WBV vibration nor a dose-response relationship. However, the sample scores were better after 4 minutes of vibration than after 2 or 8 minutes, although the effect sizes were small (<.2). In addition, the results might be influenced by unstable oscillations from the vibration plate. More research is needed to investigate the effectiveness of vibration training as a cognition enhancement therapy and to determine the exact mechanisms behind the effectiveness of vibration training.
| Item Type: | Thesis (UNSPECIFIED) |
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| Supervisor name: | Heuvelen, M.J.G. van and Zee, E.A. van der |
| Faculty: | Medical Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Mar 2022 07:06 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Mar 2022 07:06 |
| URI: | https://umcg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3008 |
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