Addition of Synchronous Whole-Body Vibration to Body Mass Resistive Exercise Causes Little or No Effects on Muscle Damage and Inflammation

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.

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Whole-Body Vibration as a Warm-up Before Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage on Symptoms of Delayed-Onset Muscle Soreness in Trained Subjects

The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research ◽

10.1519/jsc.0000000000002896 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 34 (4) ◽

pp. 1123-1132

Author(s):

Ryan D. Magoffin ◽

Allen C. Parcell ◽

Robert D. Hyldahl ◽

Gilbert W. Fellingham ◽

J. Tyson Hopkins ◽

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Keyword(s):

Muscle Damage ◽

Muscle Soreness ◽

Whole Body Vibration ◽

Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness ◽

Whole Body ◽

Trained Subjects ◽

Warm Up ◽

Body Vibration ◽

Delayed Onset ◽

Exercise Induced

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Individualized Whole-Body Vibration: Neuromuscular, Biochemical, Muscle Damage and Inflammatory Acute Responses

Dose-Response ◽

10.1177/1559325820931262 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 18 (2) ◽

pp. 155932582093126

Author(s):

Riccardo Di Giminiani ◽

Nadia Rucci ◽

Lorenzo Capuano ◽

Marco Ponzetti ◽

Federica Aielli ◽

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Keyword(s):

Muscle Damage ◽

Repeated Measures ◽

Whole Body Vibration ◽

Voluntary Contraction ◽

Whole Body ◽

Electromyographic Activity ◽

Double Blind ◽

Body Vibration ◽

Neuromuscular Responses ◽

Over Time

Objective. We aimed to investigate the acute residual hormonal, biochemical, and neuromuscular responses to a single session of individualized whole-body vibration (WBV) while maintaining a half-squat position. Methods. Twenty male sport science students voluntarily participated in the present study and were randomly assigned to an individualized WBV group (with the acceleration load determined for each participant) or an isometric group (ISOM). A double-blind, controlled parallel study design with repeated measures was employed. Results. Testosterone and growth hormone increased significantly over time in the WBV group ( P < .05 and P < .01, respectively; effect size [ES] ranged from 1.00 to 1.23), whereas cortisol increased over time in both groups ( P < .01; ES ranged from 1.04 and 1.36). Interleukin-6 and creatine kinase increased significantly over time only in the WBV group ( P < .05; ES = 1.07). The maximal voluntary contraction decreased significantly over time in the ISOM group ( P = .019; ES = 0.42), whereas in the WBV group, the decrease did not reach a significant level ( P = .05). The ratio of electromyographic activity and power decreased significantly over time in the WBV group ( P < .01; ES ranged from 0.57 to 0.72). Conclusion. Individualized WBV increased serum hormonal concentrations, muscle damage, and inflammation to levels similar to those induced by resistance training and hypertrophy exercises.

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Countermeasures against lumbar spine deconditioning in prolonged bed rest: resistive exercise with and without whole body vibration

Journal of Applied Physiology ◽

10.1152/japplphysiol.00707.2010 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 109 (6) ◽

pp. 1801-1811 ◽

Cited By ~ 57

Author(s):

Daniel L. Belavý ◽

Gabriele Armbrecht ◽

Ulf Gast ◽

Carolyn A. Richardson ◽

Julie A. Hides ◽

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Keyword(s):

Whole Body Vibration ◽

Bed Rest ◽

Magnetic Resonance Images ◽

Erector Spinae ◽

Whole Body ◽

Resistive Exercise ◽

Body Vibration ◽

Vibration Exercise ◽

Quadratus Lumborum ◽

Lumbar Muscle

To evaluate the effect of short-duration, high-load resistive exercise, with and without whole body vibration on lumbar muscle size, intervertebral disk and spinal morphology changes, and low back pain (LBP) incidence during prolonged bed rest, 24 subjects underwent 60 days of head-down tilt bed rest and performed either resistive vibration exercise ( n = 7), resistive exercise only ( n = 8), or no exercise ( n = 9; 2nd Berlin Bed-Rest Study). Discal and spinal shape was measured from sagittal plane magnetic resonance images. Cross-sectional areas (CSAs) of the multifidus, erector spinae, quadratus lumborum, and psoas were measured on para-axial magnetic resonance images. LBP incidence was assessed with questionnaires at regular intervals. The countermeasures reduced CSA loss in the multifidus, lumbar erector spinae and quadratus lumborum muscles, with greater increases in psoas muscle CSA seen in the countermeasure groups ( P ≤ 0.004). There was little statistical evidence for an additional effect of whole body vibration above resistive exercise alone on these muscle changes. Exercise subjects reported LBP more frequently in the first week of bed rest, but this was only significant in resistive exercise only ( P = 0.011 vs. control, resistive vibration exercise vs. control: P = 0.56). No effect of the countermeasures on changes in spinal morphology was seen ( P ≥ 0.22). The results suggest that high-load resistive exercise, with or without whole body vibration, performed 3 days/wk can reduce lumbar muscle atrophy, but further countermeasure optimization is required.

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Acute and Chronic Whole-Body Vibration Exercise does not Induce Health-Promoting Effects on The Blood Profile

Journal of Human Kinetics ◽

10.1515/hukin-2015-0039 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 46 (1) ◽

pp. 107-118 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Anastasios A. Theodorou ◽

Vassilis Gerodimos ◽

Konstantina Karatrantou ◽

Vassilis Paschalis ◽

Konstantina Chanou ◽

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Keyword(s):

Body Mass ◽

Whole Body Vibration ◽

Density Lipoprotein ◽

Apolipoprotein A1 ◽

Lipoprotein Cholesterol ◽

Whole Body ◽

Protein Carbonyls ◽

Blood Profile ◽

Body Vibration ◽

Health Related

AbstractWhole-body vibration (WBV) exercise is an alternative, popular and easy exercise that can be followed by general public. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate the influence of acute and chronic WBV exercise on health-related parameters. Twenty-eight women were allocated into a control group (n=11, mean ±SEM: age, 43.5 ±1.5 yr; body mass, 66.1 ±3.1 kg; height, 160.6 ±1.5 cm) and a vibration group (n=17, mean ±SEM: age, 44.0 ±1.0 yr; body mass, 67.1 ±2.2 kg; height, 162.5 ±1.5 cm). After baseline assessments, participants of the experimental group performed WBV training 3 times/week for 8 weeks. Before and after the chronic WBV exercise, the participants of the vibration group performed one session of acute WBV exercise. Blood chemistry measurements (hematology, creatine kinase, lactate dehydrogenase, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, C-reactive protein, glucose, insulin, triacylglycerols, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, apolipoprotein A1, apolipoprotein B and lipoprotein, thiobarbituric-acid reactive substances, protein carbonyls, total antioxidant capacity, uric acid, albumin and bilirubin) were assessed pre-exercise and post-exercise at the first and eighth week of WBV exercise in both control and vibration groups. The results failed to support any effect of both acute and chronic WBV exercise on biochemical health-related parameters. However, it seems that WBV exercise is a safe way of training without a negative impact on muscle and liver functionality.

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Whole body vibration exercise combined with an extract of Coriandrum sativum modify some biochemical/physiological parameters in rats

Bioscience Reports ◽

10.1042/bsr20170070 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 37 (3) ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Éric H.F.F. Frederico ◽

André L.B.D. Cardoso ◽

Carlos A.S. Guimarães ◽

Lívia P. Almeida ◽

Rosane F. Neves ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Body Mass ◽

Feed Intake ◽

Whole Body Vibration ◽

Deionized Water ◽

Physiological Parameters ◽

The Body ◽

Stool Consistency ◽

Whole Body ◽

Body Vibration ◽

Significant Difference

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of the association of whole body vibration (WBV) exercise with an aqueous extract of coriander on the biodistribution of the radiopharmaceutical sodium pertechnetate, on the concentration of some plasma biomarker, on the feed intake, on the body mass, and on the stool consistency in rats. Rats were divided in four groups and submitted to different treatments for 40 days. The control group (CON) received deionized water. The group treated with coriander (COR) received the extract of coriander. The rats that were exposed to WBV exercises (WBV-E) also received deionized water. A group of animals received coriander and was exposed to WBV (COR + WBV-E). We found in testis a decrease (0.13 ± 0.01 to 0.06 ± 0.03) of the percentages of injected radioactivity per gram (%ATI/g) in the WBV-E in comparison with the COR. There is no significant alteration on the concentrations of the plasma biomarkers. The feed intake showed a statistically significant increase in WBV-E. No significant difference on the body mass was found. The stool analysis showed a statistical difference on the consistency between COR (hard and dry, darker) and all the other groups (normal). In conclusion, it was verified that possible modifications in some biochemical/physiological parameters of the rats submitted to WBV exercise would be capable to increase the feed intake without changing the body mass, and normalizing the stool consistency altered by the coriander supplementation. Further studies are needed to try to understand better the biological effects involving the association of WBV exercise and coriander.

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