Intima media thickness
No effect of time (P = 042) or intervention (P = 011) was observed for the IMT of the SFA (see Fig. 5c). Intima Media Thickness of the CA was significantly lower (42%) after the intervention, but no difference was observed between the two groups (time: P = 004; time*intervention: P = 011; see Fig. 5d). Flow-mediated dilation
No effects of time or intervention were observed for the FMD response of the SFA (time: P = 045; time*intervention:
P = 060; see Fig. 5e) or the BA (time: P = 027; time*intervention:
P = 099; see Fig. 5f). Furthermore, the time to peak FMD for both the SFA (time: P = 046; time*intervention: P = 025) and the BA remained unaltered for both groups throughout the experiment (time: P = 044; time*intervention: P = 015).
Discussion
The main aim of this study was to investigate the specific effects that whole-body vibration might have in a training setting upon structure and function of conduit arteries in healthy ambulatory subjects. The results suggest that RE training and RVE training equally lead to increases in resting diameter of the SFA. This finding is in line with the existing literature, in that it supports the notion of training-induced enlargement of arterial diameter (Naylor et al., 2006; Thijssen et al., 2010; Rowley et al., 2011). However, in contrast to our expectations, there was no difference between the two intervention groups in any of the parameters tested in the presentstudy. Moreover, no effect by the training intervention was