ArticleExperimental physiology2026
The effect of artificial gravity on the outcome of a two-week resistance vibration exercise programme: BRAVE study.
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- Development of and adherence to artificial gravity and resistive vibration exercises during 60 days of hypoxic 6° head-down tilt bed rest: BRAVE study.Experimental physiology · 2026Article
- The effect of artificial gravity on the outcome of a two-week resistance vibration exercise programme: BRAVE study.Experimental physiology · 2026Article
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We evaluated the feasibility and efficacy of a 2-week training programme comprising resistance vibration exercise (RVE) without and with artificial gravity (AG). Participants (n = 24) were divided into three groups: (i) URVE: upright loaded squat exercise; (ii) HRVE: horizontal loaded squat exercise; and (iii) AGRVE: loaded squat exercise conducted on a short-arm human centrifuge. All participants followed the same protocol and were exposed to the same ground reaction force, whilst performing exercise comprising bilateral squats, triple extension squats and single/bilateral calf raises. Before and after the 2-week training period, we measured thigh and calf muscle strength with isokinetic dynamometry, muscular power with a jump test, volume with functional muscle magnetic resonance imaging, and body composition with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. All groups showed significant improvements in eight-repetition maximum squat strength (P < 0.0001, G > 0.80), whilst only the AGRVE group demonstrated a small effect in jump height (G = 0.26). The AGRVE group significantly increased knee extension and flexion maximum voluntary contraction (MVC), with no comparable changes in the HRVE or URVE groups. The AGRVE group increased total thigh muscle volume (P = 0.03), with notable hypertrophy in the vastus medialis, semitendinosus, and vastus intermedius muscles. These findings demonstrate that AGRVE is significantly superior to HRVE and URVE in enhancing knee MVC and thigh muscle volume, thus indicating that artificial gravity improves the outcome of resistance vibration exercise in ambulatory participants.
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