Acute Whole Body Vibration Decreases the Glucose Levels in Elderly Diabetic Women
Table 2
Comparison between intra- and intergroups after intervention.
Variables
Control Group
Diabetes Group
value
()
()
HR pre (bpm)
75 (69; 80)
71 (66.5; 76)
0.563
HR post (bpm)
137 (119; 142)
130 (123.5; 131.2)
0.142
HR variation (bpm)
59 (41; 73.2)
59.5 (39.5; 66.2)
0.788
Borg exertion pre
0 (0; 0)
0 (0; 0)
1.00
Borg exertion post
4 (3; 5)
4.5 (3; 6)
0.045
Borg exertion variation
4 (3; 5)
4.5 (3; 6)
0.045
Glucose pre (mg/dL)
97.5 (88.2; 105.2)
125.5 (109.5; 151.7)
0.041
Glucose post (mg/dL)
84.5 (78.7; 94.5)
92.5 (87.7; 101.2)
0.130
Glucose variation (mg/dL)
10.5 (6.5; 16.7)
26 (13.7; 45.2)
0.010
Lactate pre (mmol/L)
1.6 (0.9; 2.9)
1.3 (0.8; 2.0)
0.149
Lactate post (mmol/L)
4.7 (4.3; 4.6)
4.4 (4.3; 4.6)
0.156
Lactate variation (mmol/L)
2.9 (2.5; 3.1)
2.4 (2.0; 2.9)
0.033
HR: heart rate bpm: beats per minute; mg/dL: milligram per decilitre; mmol/L: millimole per litre. Data were presented as median and interquartile range; : control versus diabetes; : pre versus post.
