Research Article

Strength Training with Superimposed Whole Body Vibration Does Not Preferentially Modulate Cortical Plasticity

Table 2

Mean ± SE values and percentage change for corticospinal responses: MEP amplitude at 1.2 × AMT (% of MMAX), M E P M A X (% of MMAX), and conditioned MEP amplitude as a percentage of the test response (short-latency intracortical inhibition (SICI)).

MEP amplitude at 1.2 × AMT M E P M A X SICI
Group(% of MMAX)(% of MMAX)(% of test response)
BeforeAfterChange (%)BeforeAfterChange (%)BeforeAfterChange (%)

Control16.32 ± 1.6135.29 ± 6.85116.2433.45 ± 4.8070.96 ± 6.73112.1047.67 ± 3.7230.77 ± 2.96−35.45
WBV18.91 ± 1.3832.55 ± 2.5272.1432.83 ± 3.7165.72 ± 7.68100.1748.02 ± 4.2933.52 ± 3.37−30.20