Effect of whole-body vibration with different frequencies and intensities on auditory evoked potentials and heart rate in man

1986 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 661-668 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Ullsperger ◽  
H. Seidel ◽  
G. Menzel
2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 403-408
Author(s):  
K. Maher ◽  
H. Spooner ◽  
R. Hoffman ◽  
J. Haffner

Research in humans suggests whole-body vibration (WBV) aids in maintaining bone mineral content (BMC) yet results in the horse are less favourable. Anecdotally, WBV is reported to reduce pain and improve performance. This study was designed to test the effect of WBV on exercising horses, hypothesising that WBV would lower heart rate (HR) during treatment, increase BMC, modify markers of bone metabolism, and increase stride length. Eleven horses were randomly assigned into control (CON, n=5) or WBV (VIB, n=6) groups for a 28-day treatment period. Both groups exercised for 1 h, 6 d/wk on a mechanical exerciser. VIB horses received 50 Hz WBV for 45 min, 5 days/wk. Third metacarpal radiographs were taken at 0 and 28 days, and BMC determined via radiographic bone aluminium equivalence (RBAE). Blood samples taken at day 0 and 28 were analysed for serum pyridinoline cross-links (PYD) and osteocalcin (OC). Heart rate was analysed on day 23 for 4 horses per group. Stride length was determined while trotting in hand on day 0 and 28. No influence of WBV on RBAE of any bone cortices, PYD or OC was observed (P>0.10); stride length was also unaffected (P=0.88). A period effect was observed for a decrease in RBAE of the lateral cortex (P=0.01), and a trend towards a decrease was noted in total density (P=0.05), likely an effect of stalling. Compared to baseline, ΔHR declined during treatment (P=0.06) in VIB (-4.8±2.8 bpm) compared to control CON (3.0±2.8 bpm). The results suggest, in normal exercising horses, WBV does not increase BMC, influence markers of bone metabolism, or increase stride length.


2018 ◽  
Vol 91 (5) ◽  
pp. 537-545 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Reza Monazzam ◽  
Esmaeil Shoja ◽  
Seyed Abolfazl Zakerian ◽  
Abbas Rahimi Foroushani ◽  
Mohsen Shoja ◽  
...  

2011 ◽  
Vol 301 (6) ◽  
pp. R1748-R1754 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mickael Coupé ◽  
Ming Yuan ◽  
Claire Demiot ◽  
Yanqiang Q. Bai ◽  
Shizhong Z. Jiang ◽  
...  

Whole body vibration with resistive exercise is a promising countermeasure against some weightlessness-induced dysfunctions. Our objective was to study whether the combination of low-magnitude whole body vibration with a resistive exercise can prevent the cardiovascular deconditioning induced by a nonstrict 60-day head-down bed rest (Earth Star International Bed Rest Experiment Project). Fourteen healthy men participated in this study. We recorded electrocardiograms and blood pressure waves by means of a noninvasive beat-by-beat measurement system (Cardiospace, integrated by Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales and Astronaut Center of China) during an orthostatic test (20 min of 75-degree head-up tilt test) before and immediately after bed rest. We estimated heart rate, blood pressure, cardiac output, stroke volume, total peripheral resistance, baroreflex sensitivity, and heart rate variability. Low-magnitude whole body vibration with resistive exercise prevented an increase of the sympathetic index (reflecting the sympathovagal balance of cardiac autonomic control) and limited the decrease of the spontaneous baroreflex sensitivity induced by 60 days of head-down bed rest. However, this countermeasure had very little effect on cardiac hemodynamics and did not improve the orthostatic tolerance. This combined countermeasure did not efficiently prevent orthostatic intolerance but prevents changes in the autonomic nervous system associated with cardiovascular deconditioning. The underlying mechanisms remain hypothetical but might involve cutaneous and muscular mechanoreceptors.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. e99060 ◽  
Author(s):  
André Rosenberger ◽  
Anna-Maria Liphardt ◽  
Arne Bargmann ◽  
Klaus Müller ◽  
Luis Beck ◽  
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