In the authors' words
“Our findings indicate that WBVT improves HRV and BF% in obese Hispanic postmenopausal women.”
What was measured
- Body fat and weight Reported an improvement
About the study
- Type
- Randomised trial
- Who took part
- Postmenopausal, overweight or obesity
- How many
- 27
- How long
- 6 weeks
- Exercise
- Whole-body vibration
- Cited
- 15 times, per Europe PMC
- PubMed ID
- 27918705
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Similar studies
- Postmenopausal women aged around 68 did 18 months of twice-weekly aerobic and strength training with or without vibration; lean mass improved and vibration slightly favored leg strength gains.
- Over 14 weeks, postmenopausal women adding whole-body electromyostimulation to their usual endurance and strength training maintained resting metabolic rate and gained more strength than controls.
- 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.
- Postmenopausal women did 24 weeks of whole-body vibration or multicomponent training; both reduced total fat mass and increased knee and ankle strength, with no change in bone density.