Effects of Continuous and Intermittent Vibration Stimulations on Perception of Lower Limbs in Reaching Movements

In this study, we investigated the effects of the vibration stimulation of the hamstring on the perceived joint angles during repetitive reaching movements of the lower limbs without visual feedback so as to deepen our understanding of the characteristics of stimulus timing in the vibration of the lower limb. As a result, the changes in knee and hip angles were found to be about 4 degrees smaller under continuous vibration than under intermittent vibration, which is larger than the effect of muscle fatigue.