About the Authors

Yi-Ting Tzen

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Physical Therapy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Eileen M. Weinheimer-Haus

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration

Affiliation Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Thomas F. Corbiere

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Timothy J. Koh

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

tjkoh@uic.edu

Affiliation Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The author of this manuscript (Koh) has the following competing interest: patent pending on the application of vibration for therapeutic treatment. The name for the pending patent is, “Method and system for physical stimulation of tissue” (#2013/0165,824). This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.