Everything you need to look and feel your very best! 24-Hour Access, 1-on-1 Personal Training, Home Fitness Equipment & Supplement Sales. www.jasonsfitness.com Jason’s Fitness 3724 Cottage Hill Rd. Mobile, Alabama  (251) 661-4615         Jason’s Fitness 120 W. Berry Ave. Foley, Al  36535  (251) 943-5591 Acta Physiol (Oxf). 2008 Nov;194(3):189-94. Epub 2008 Apr 30.  Arterial stiffness acutely decreases after whole-body vibration in  humans. Otsuki T, Takanami Y, Aoi W, Kawai Y, Ichikawa H, Yoshikawa T. Faculty of Health and Welfare Human Services, St. Catherine University, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan.  otsuki@catherine.ac.jp  BACKGROUND: Increased arterial stiffness is a well-established cardiovascular risk factor.  Mechanical stimuli to artery, such as compression, elicit vasodilation and acutely decrease arterial  stiffness. As whole-body vibration (WBV)-induced oscillation is propagated at least to lumbar  spine, WBV mechanically stimulates abdominal and leg arteries and may decrease arterial  stiffness. WBV is feasible in vulnerable and immobilized humans. Therefore, it is worthwhile to  explore the possibility of WBV as a valuable adjunct to exercise training. AIM: The aim of this  study was to investigate the acute effects of WBV on arterial stiffness. METHODS: Ten healthy  men performed WBV and control (CON) trials on separate days. The WBV session consisted of 10  sets of vibration (frequency, 26 Hz) for 60 s with an inter-set rest period of 60 s. Subjects  maintained a static squat position with knees bent on a platform. In the CON trial, WBV  stimulation was not imposed. Blood pressure, heart rate and brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity  (baPWV), an index of arterial stiffness, were measured before and 20, 40 and 60 min after both  trials. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Heart rate and blood pressure did not change from baseline after  both trials. Although baPWV did not change in the CON trial (baseline vs. after 20, 40 and 60 min;  1144 +/- 35 vs. 1164 +/- 41, 1142 +/- 39, and 1148 +/- 34 cm s(-1)), baPWV decreased 20 and  40 min after the WBV trial and recovered to baseline 60 min after the trial (1137 +/- 28 vs. 1107  +/- 30, 1108 +/- 28, and 1128 +/- 25 cm s(-1)). These results suggest that WBV acutely  decreases arterial stiffness.