Table 1 Age, body height and mass and body composition of study participants before and after the intervention.

From: Resting metabolic rate is increased after a series of whole body vibration in young men

Variable

Group

Baseline

Post

Effect: group

F (p)

Effect: time

F (p)

Interaction

F (p)

Time change: pre vs. post

p

Age (years)

WBV

20.91 ± 1.07

23.94 (< 0.001)

PL

22.92 ± 1.24

BH (cm)

WBV

176.53 ± 6.63

1.88 (0.18)

PL

180.18 ± 8.34

BM (kg)

WBV

74.93 ± 6.39

74.62 ± 6.17

0.18 (0.66)

0.33 (0.56)

2.474 (0.12)

0.48

PL

75.95 ± 9.59

76.10 ± 9.68

0.13

BMI

WBV

24.07 ± 1.96

23.97 ± 1.87

0.75 (0.39)

0.008 (0.92)

1.78 (0.19)

0.38

PL

23.35 ± 2.15

23.44 ± 2.17

0.32

FFM (kg)

WBV

61.19 ± 5.43

61.27 ± 5.45

0.25 (0.62)

2.11 (0.15)

0.670 (0.41)

0.11

PL

62.32 ± 8.14

62.60 ± 8.17

0.65

FAT (kg)

WBV

12.94 ± 4.06

12.96 ± 4.03

0.14 (0.71)

1.00 (0.32)

1.66 (0.20)

0.11

PL

13.63 ± 4.96

13.48 ± 4.87

0.84

FAT (%)

WBV

18.07 ± 5.19

18.09 ± 5.16

0.04 (0.82)

1.70 (0.20)

2.40 (0.13)

0.52

PL

17.79 ± 5.29

17.57 ± 5.12

0.86

  1. BH body height, BM body mass, BMI body mass index, FFM fat free mass, WBV whole-body vibration, PL placebo.