Do 6 months of whole-body vibration training improve lean mass and bone mass acquisition of adolescent swimmers?

Gomez Bruton, Alejandro ; González Agüero, Alejandro ; Matute Llorente, Ángel (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Julian Almarcegui, Cristina (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Lozano Berges, Gabriel (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Gomez Cabello, Alba ; Casajús Mallén, José A (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Vicente Rodríguez, Germán (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: Summary
Swimming has little effect on bone mass. Therefore, adolescent swimmers should complement their water training with a short and intense weight-bearing training, aiming to increase their bone acquisition. Forty swimmers performed a six-month whole-body vibration (WBV) training. WBV had no effect on adolescent swimmers’ bone mass or lean mass.

Purpose
The aims of the present study were to evaluate the effects of a whole-body vibration (WBV) intervention on bone mineral density (BMD), bone mineral content (BMC) and lean mass (LM) in adolescent swimmers.

Methods
Forty male and female adolescent swimmers (VIB; mean age 14.2 ± 1.9 years) completed the WBV protocol that consisted of 15 min of training 3 days per week during a 6-month period (ranging from 3.6 to 11.6 g), while 23 swimmers (SWI; mean age 15.0 ± 2.2 years) continued with their regular swimming training alone. VIB were divided into tertiles according to training compliance in order to evaluate if any dose-effect relation existed. BMD, BMC and LM were measured longitudinally by dual energy X-ray at the whole body, lumbar-spine and hip.

Results
No group by time interactions and no differences in change percentage were found for BMD, BMC or LM in any of the measured variables. The mean change percentage of the subtotal body (whole body minus the head) for VIB and SWI, respectively, was 2.3 vs. 2.4% for BMD, 5.7 vs 5.7% for BMC and 7.3 vs. 8.0% for lean mass. Moreover, no indication for dose-response was observed.

Idioma: Inglés

Año: 2017

Publicado en: Archives of osteoporosis 12, 69 (2017), [11 pp.]
ISSN: 1862-3514

Factor impacto JCR: 2.382 (2017)

Categ. JCR: ORTHOPEDICS rank: 24 / 77 = 0.312 (2017) - Q2 - T1
Categ. JCR: ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM rank: 100 / 141 = 0.709 (2017) - Q3 - T3

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.71 - Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (Q2)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MEC/AP-2012-02854
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MEC/FPU13-00421
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MEC/FPU13-02111
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/BES-2012-051888
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/DEP2011-29093

Tipo y forma: Artículo (PostPrint)

Área (Departamento): Área Educación Física y Depor. (Dpto. Fisiatría y Enfermería)