Strength Training with Superimposed Whole Body Vibration Does Not Preferentially Modulate Cortical Plasticity
Figure 3
Mean (±SE) MEP (% of MMAX) recruitment curves for the right rectus femoris for the control group (a) and WBV group (b), respectively. The grey curve represents MEP data collected during pretesting, and the black curve represents data collected during posttesting. AMT is represented as , with data taken at stimulus intensities 10% of maximum stimulator output (MSO) below AMT (), increasing in increments of 5% of MSO until MEP amplitude (% of MMAX) reached a plateau (peak height). There were no differences in () or peak height () of the curve between groups at baseline. However, there were 64.77% and 73.93% increases in () and 105.16% and 112.22% increases in peak height () following the intervention, as denoted by an asterisk. There were no significant differences between groups for either () or peak height () following the intervention.
