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Does whole-body vibration affect blood pressure in menopause? What 7 studies found

Studies of whole-body vibration in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women that measured blood pressure. 7 reported an improvement and 0 found no difference against the comparison group.

  1. In obese postmenopausal women, 8 weeks of whole-body vibration combined with l-citrulline supplementation reduced blood pressure wave reflection more than supplement alone.

    Reported an improvementRandomised trial · 41 women · 8 weeks · 2016PostmenopausalCited 48 timesPubMed

  2. Obese postmenopausal women with high blood pressure did 8 weeks of whole-body vibration training with or without L-citrulline, and vibration training increased leg strength and lowered leg artery stiffness.

    Reported an improvementRandomised trial · 41 women · 8 weeks · 2015PostmenopausalCited 48 timesPubMed

  3. In 33 postmenopausal women over 12 weeks, both low-intensity resistance training and whole-body vibration improved blood vessel function and leg strength, while resistance training also improved gait speed.

    Reported an improvementRandomised trial · 33 women · 12 weeks · 2019PostmenopausalCited 42 timesPubMed

  4. Postmenopausal women with prehypertension or hypertension who did 12 weeks of whole-body vibration training had reduced arterial stiffness and blood pressure and increased leg strength versus no-exercise controls.

    Reported an improvementRandomised trial · 25 women · 12 weeks · 2014PostmenopausalCited 46 timesPubMed

  5. Postmenopausal women with prehypertension or hypertension who did 6 weeks of whole-body vibration training showed reduced aortic blood pressure and wave reflection and increased leg muscle strength versus controls.

    Reported an improvementRandomised trial · 28 women · 6 weeks · 2014PostmenopausalCited 27 timesPubMed

  6. Obese postmenopausal women with high blood pressure who did whole-body vibration training three times weekly for 12 weeks showed reduced ankle and aortic blood pressure and arterial stiffness versus controls.

    Reported an improvementRandomised trial · 36 women · 12 weeks · 2015PostmenopausalCited 20 timesPubMed

  7. Obese postmenopausal women with prehypertension did 8 weeks of whole body vibration training, which lowered blood pressure and improved heart rate variability balance versus controls.

    Reported an improvementRandomised trial · 25 women · 8 weeks · 2016PostmenopausalCited 19 timesPubMed

How to read this. Each line is one study, summarised in plain language from its PubMed abstract, with the authors' own sentence underneath on the study page. A count of studies is not a verdict: trials differ in size, length and quality, and a result in one group of women may not hold in another. Nothing here is medical advice.

Summaries are generated, then checked by machine against the abstract they came from; any summary that could not be matched word for word was left out. Our clinical lead is reviewing the summaries topic by topic, and this note will change when that is done. Corpus last refreshed 2026-11-03. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we will fix the summary or remove the study.

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