Whole-Body Vibration Exercise Therapy Improves Cardiac Autonomic Function and Blood Pressure in Obese Pre- and Stage 1 Hypertensive Postmenopausal Women

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (12) ◽  
pp. 970-976 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexei Wong ◽  
Stacey Alvarez-Alvarado ◽  
Amber W. Kinsey ◽  
Arturo Figueroa
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Postmenopausal Women ◽  
Exercise Therapy ◽  
Autonomic Function ◽  
Whole Body Vibration ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Cardiac Autonomic Function ◽  
Body Vibration ◽  
Vibration Exercise ◽  
Stage 1

Combined whole-body vibration training and l-citrulline supplementation improves pressure wave reflection in obese postmenopausal women

2016 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 292-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexei Wong ◽  
Stacey Alvarez-Alvarado ◽  
Salvador J. Jaime ◽  
Amber W. Kinsey ◽  
Maria T. Spicer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Postmenopausal Women ◽  
Wave Reflection ◽  
Whole Body Vibration ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Cardiac Diseases ◽  
Body Vibration ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Vibration Training ◽  
Whole Body Vibration Training

Postmenopausal women have increased wave reflection (augmentation pressure (AP) and index (AIx)) and reduced muscle function that predispose them to cardiac diseases and disability. Our aim was to examine the combined and independent effects of whole-body vibration training (WBVT) and l-citrulline supplementation on aortic hemodynamics and plasma nitric oxide metabolites (NOx) in postmenopausal women. Forty-one obese postmenopausal women were randomized to 3 groups: l-citrulline, WBVT+l-citrulline and WBVT+Placebo for 8 weeks. Brachial and aortic systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, AP, AIx, AIx adjusted to 75 beats/min (AIx@75), and NOx were measured before and after 8 weeks. All groups similarly decreased (P < 0.05) brachial and aortic pressures as well as AP, and similarly increased (P < 0.05) NOx levels. AIx and AIx@75 decreased (P < 0.01) in the WBVT+l-citrulline and WBVT+Placebo groups, but not in the l-citrulline group. The improvement in AIx@75 (−10.5% ± 8.8%, P < 0.05) in the WBVT+l-citrulline group was significant compared with the l-citrulline group. l-Citrulline supplementation and WBVT alone and combined decreased blood pressures. The combined intervention reduced AIx@75. This study supports the effectiveness of WBVT+l-citrulline as a potential intervention for prevention of hypertension-related cardiac diseases in obese postmenopausal women.

Variation in Neuromuscular Responses during Acute Whole-Body Vibration Exercise

2007 ◽  
Vol 39 (9) ◽  
pp. 1642-1650 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDREW F. J. ABERCROMBY ◽  
WILLIAM E. AMONETTE ◽  
CHARLES S. LAYNE ◽  
BRIAN K. MCFARLIN ◽  
MARTHA R. HINMAN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Whole Body Vibration ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Body Vibration ◽  
Vibration Exercise ◽  
Neuromuscular Responses

scholarly journals The utility of whole body vibration exercise in haemodialysis patients: a pilot study

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 822-829 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur Doyle ◽  
Karen Chalmers ◽  
David J Chinn ◽  
Fiona McNeill ◽  
Nicola Dall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Whole Body Vibration ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Body Vibration ◽  
Vibration Exercise
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