The aim of the study was to evaluate the effects of the applied whole-body vibration training (WBV) as additional training to standard rehabilitation programme on exercise tolerance, evaluated through an exercise test, blood lipid profile, and the changes in selected echocardiographic parameters of patients after myocardial infarction. The study involved 63 males. The subjects were divided into two groups: standard—ST (27) and with vibration training—ST + WBV (36). All the subjects had undergone angioplasty with stent implantation. The standard and with vibration training group carried out a 24-day improvement program comprising 22 training units. Each session consisted of endurance, general stamina, and resistance training. Instead of resistance training, the experimental group performed exercises on the vibration platform. Statistically significant changes in both groups were observed in the parameters of the echocardiographic exercise test, such as test duration (p < 0.001), distance covered (p < 0.001), MET (p < 0.001), VO2max (p < 0.001), and HRrest (p < 0.01). The echocardiographic test revealed significant improvement of Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction in both groups (ST + WBV group p = 0.024, ST group p = 0.005). There were no statistically significant changes in blood lipid profile and body mass and composition.

Department Anathomy Faculty of Rehabilitation University of Physical Education 31 571 Krakow Poland

Department of Physical Education and Sport Science Faculty of Pedagogy University of West Bohemia 30100 Pilsen Czech Republic

Department of Physiotherapy Jerzy Kukuczka's Academy of Physical Education 40 065 Katowice Poland

Department of Public Health Faculty of Medicine Masaryk University 62500 Brno Czech Republic

Department of Rehabilitation University Hospital Brno 62500 Brno Czech Republic

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