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. 2018 Mar 1;51(4):e6775. doi: 10.1590/1414-431X20176775

Table 2. Oxygen consumption (VO2) and heart rate (HR) in HW (n=19) and FM (n=19) groups before and during stimulus of WBV.

VO2 (mLO2·kg-1·min-1) HR (bpm) RPE scale
WH 2.69±0.17 73±1.65 6.21±0.12
WH+WBV 6.33±0.44+ 93±2.37+ 6.79±0.27
FM 3.10±0.13 80±2.38 8.42±0.54*
FM+WBV 7.31±0.28+ 97±2.64+ 11.42±0.80+**

WH: healthy women; FM: fibromyalgia; WH + WBV: healthy women during whole body vibration; FM + WBV: fibromyalgia women during whole body vibration; HR: heart rate; bpm: beats per minute; RPE: Borg Scale of Perceived Exertion. Data are reported as means±SE. *P<0.05 FM vs WH. +P<0.05 WBV effect. **P<0.05 FM+WBV vs WH+WBV (Tukey’s test).