# Focal Muscle Vibration for Stroke Rehabilitation: A Review of Vibration Parameters and Protocols
## 3 Results
### Vibration Parameters and Protocols  
#### 3.4.1 Vibration Device  
Of the 22 articles, three did not report the vibration device used [43; 58; 61]. A total of seven devices were reported. Four studies used the Thrive MD-01 (Thrive Co., Ltd, Osaka, Japan) [45; 49; 59; 60]. Three used the Horus (Akropolis, Rome, Italy) [42; 51; 53]. Three used the CROSYSTEM (NEMOCO, srl, Italy) [47; 50; 62]. Three studies used customized devices [41; 46; 48]. Two used the ViSS device (Vissman, Rome,  
\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c} \hline
**Article** & **Device** & **FR (Hz)** & **A (mm)** & **Vibration Protocol** \\ \hline P11. [PERSON] et al. & & & & & Triceps brachii \\
2014 & VIBRA & 100 & 2 & 2 weeks (30 min/day, 5 day/week) \\ \hline P12. [PERSON] et al. & & & & & \\
2014 & Horus & 120 & 0.01 & \
\begin{tabular}{c} Biceps brachii, flexor carpi ulnaris \\ 2 weeks (30 min/day, 5 day/week) \\ \end{tabular} \\ \hline P13. [PERSON] & & & & & \\ et al. 2014 & ViSS Device & 300 & 2 &
\begin{tabular}{c} Extensor carpi radialis longus, carpi radialis \\ brevis, triceps brachii \\ 4 weeks (30 min/day, 3 day/week) \\ \end{tabular} \\ \hline P14. [PERSON] et al. & & & & & \\
2016 & ViSS Device & 300 & 2 &
\begin{tabular}{c} Carpi radialis longus, carpi radialis brevis, \\ triceps brachii \\ 4 weeks (30 min/day, 3 day/week) \\ \end{tabular} \\ \hline P15. [PERSON] et al. & & & & & \\
2016 & Toothbrush & 127 & NR &
\begin{tabular}{c} Hand intrinsic/extrinsic muscles \\ 6 weeks (30 min/day, 2 day/week) \\ \end{tabular} \\ \hline P16. [PERSON] et al. & & & & & \\
2017 & VB115 & 90 & 0.4 &
\begin{tabular}{c} Non-paretic gluteus medius \\ 1 session 35 s FMV after 15 s rest, repeatedly \\ \end{tabular} \\ \hline P17. [PERSON] et al. & & & & & \\
2017 & VIBRA & 80 & \(0.3\pm 0.1\) & \
\begin{tabular}{c} Triceps brachii, supraspinatus, deltoid \\ 8 weeks (1 h/day, 5 day/week) \\ \end{tabular} \\ \hline P18. [PERSON] 2017 & NR & 100 & 0.2–0.5 &
\begin{tabular}{c} Pectoralis minor, biceps brachii, and flexor carpi \\ 6 weeks (30 min/day, 3 consecutive day/week) \\ \end{tabular} \\ \hline P19. [PERSON] & & & & & \\
2017 & THRIVE MD-01 & 91–108 & 1 & \
\begin{tabular}{c} Biceps brachii and flexor carpi radialis \\ 2 weeks (30 min/day, 3 day/week) \\ \end{tabular} \\ \hline P20. [PERSON] et al. 2017 & THRIVE MD-01 & 91 & 1 &
\begin{tabular}{c} Biceps brachii and flexor carpi radialis \\ 4 weeks (30 min/day, 3 day/week) \\ \end{tabular} \\ \hline P21. [PERSON] et al. & & & & \\
2019 & NEMOCO & 100 & 0.2–0.5 &
\begin{tabular}{c} Rectus femoris, biceps brachii, and flexor carpi \\ radialis \\ 3 consecutive days (30 min/day) \\ \end{tabular} \\ \hline P22. [PERSON] et al. & & & & & Triceps brachii \\
2019 & NR & 30 & 2 &
\begin{tabular}{c} 8 weeks (30 min/day, 3 day/week) \\ \end{tabular} \\ \hline \end{tabular}  
A: amplitude; FR: frequency; NR: not reported.  
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Table 2: _Cont._Italy) [54; 55]. Two studies used VIBRA (Circle, Ferrara, Italy) [52; 57]. The remaining studies used Powered Toothbrush (manufacturer, city and country not specified) [56] and TechnoConcept VB115 (TechnoConcept, Manosque, France) [44], respectively. All studies were conducted in clinical settings.