Efficacy of Whole-Body Vibration Exercise in the Improvement of Selected Cardiometabolic Risk Factors of Prehypertension Young Adults

Abstract

Abstract The study investigated the efficacy of whole-body vibration exercise in the improvement of selected cardiometabolic risk factors of prehypertension young adults in Lagos State. The pretest-postest experimental research design was adopted for the study. 20 prehypertension young adults were purposively selected as participants for the study. The selected cardiometabolic risk factor variables are systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, and resting heart rate. The participants were exposed to 15 minutes of whole-body vibration exercise three times a week for 8 weeks. The pretest measurement was taken before the commencement of the exercise intervention and the posttest measurement was recorded after 8 weeks of exercise intervention. T-test was used to compare the pretest and posttest values of each of the variables measured. Results reveal that there is a significant reduction in the posttest values when compared with the pretest values for systolic and diastolic blood pressure and resting heart rate. The T-test analysis result showed that there is a significant difference between the pretest and posttest values for systolic and diastolic blood pressure and resting heart rate. The result suggested that whole-body vibration exercise has the cardiovascular potential of improving systolic and diastolic blood pressure and resting heart rate of prehypertension young adults.