title: Short-term whole body vibration exercise in adult healthy horses.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to analyze the acute effect of whole body vibration exercise (WBVE) on clinical parameters and blood values in horses. Seven horses were exposed to a 10 min WBVE at a frequency of 15-21 Hz. Clinical parameters and venous blood samples were taken before and directly after WBVE. Acute short-term WBVE produced a decrease in serum cortisol (p = 0.02) and creatine-kinase (p = 0.02) values. Clinical parameters, hematology, fibrinogen, lactate, IGF-I, GGT, creatinine, myeloperoxidase activity and bone marker values were not significantly changed by WBVE. In adult sound horses WBVE was well tolerated and did not cause any sign of measured discomfort.
authors: Department of Large Animal Diseases, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland. bcarstanjen@web.de
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authors: Carstanjen
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authors: Balali
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authors: Gajewski
authors: K
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authors: Furmanczyk
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authors: Bondzio
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authors: Remy
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authors: Hartmann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006736:Horses / Q000097:blood / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D010805:Physical Conditioning, Animal / Q000379:methods*; D014732:Vibration