ASSESSMENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR LOAD DURING STATIC EXERCISES PERFORMED ON A VIBRATION PLATFORM

Abstract

Introduction: Typical strength training requires performing heavy efforts to be effective. Cardiovascular system responds to this kind of training with high increase of arterial pressure. Whole body vibration (WBV) training also increases the muscle strength; however, it is accompanied with lesser increases in blood pressure. The vibration training is performed according to overload principle. An increase of load is achieved by increasing the amplitude of vibration, their frequency, and duration. Typically, the training frequencies ranging from 20 to 40 Hz are applied. The data describing effect of different vibration on cardiovascular response are scarce and ambiguous.