Effects of Whole Body Vibration and Resistance Training on Bone Mineral Density and Anthropometry in Obese Postmenopausal Women

Table 2

Mean and standard deviation of bone mineral density for the WBV and resistive exercise groups before and after the study.

BMD	Before; Mean ± SD	After; Mean ± SD	𝑡-value	𝑃 value	% change; Mean ± SD
Fem neck			0.75
WBV	0.788±0.109	0.789±0.11		0.65	𝟎.𝟗𝟖±𝟎.𝟔𝟖
Resistive	0.813±0.109	0.822±0.12	0.35	0.13	𝟎.𝟖𝟖±𝟎.𝟓𝟗
Troch			1.85
WBV	0.639±0.112	0.699±0.11		0.05	𝟏.𝟎𝟑±𝟎.𝟖𝟒
Resistive	0.659±0.095	0.669±0.083	1.47	0.04	𝟏.𝟎𝟓±𝟎.𝟗𝟗
Wards tri			1.48
WBV	0.581±0.118	0.675±0.128		0.03	𝟏.𝟏𝟔±𝟎.𝟗𝟏
Resistive	0.631±0.142	0.687±0.147	1.98	0.04	𝟏.𝟎𝟖±𝟎.𝟗𝟑
BMD L2-L4			1.87
WBV	0.954±0.146	0.997±0.142		0.04	𝟏.𝟎𝟒±𝟎.𝟖𝟗
Resistive	0.912±0.113	0.939±0.115	2.44	0.02	𝟏.𝟎𝟐±𝟎.𝟖𝟕

BMD: bone mineral density; Fem neck: femoral neck; troch: greater trochanter; Wards tri = ward’s triangle, L: lumbar spine, SD: standard deviation; 𝑃 value: level of significance.