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May 18, 2018Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Effects of whole‐body vibration on heart rate variability: acute responses and training adaptations

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Key result

Whole-body vibration training appears to improve cardiac autonomic function across different populations, primarily by decreasing sympathovagal balance.

Why the study?

Does whole-body vibration training improve heart rate variability in different populations?

Population

Different populations

Design

Review

Authors

AWAlexei WongAFArturo Figueroa

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Overview

Supports WBV for autonomic gains; leaves open clinical CV outcome benefits pending RCTs.

Structured PICO

Does whole-body vibration training improve heart rate variability in different populations?

P
Population
Different populations
I
Intervention
Whole-body vibration (WBV) training
O
Outcome
Heart rate variability (HRV)surrogate

Whole-body vibration training may serve as a time-efficient therapeutic intervention to improve cardiac autonomic function and cardiovascular health.

Limitations

  • The mechanisms by which WBV training improves sympathovagal balance are not yet well understood

Cite This Study

Wong et al. (2018) reported a review. Whole-body vibration (WBV) training was evaluated on Heart rate variability (HRV). Whole-body vibration training appears to improve cardiac autonomic function across different populations, primarily by decreasing sympathovagal balance.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a63b2b51ec0c1a689b71048https://doi.org/10.1111/cpf.12524
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