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Short Editorial Zornoff & Minicucci Is there a role for whole body vibration in protecting cardiovascular disease? Arq Bras Cardiol. 2019; 112(1):38-39 1. Lavie CJ, Milani RV. Cardiac rehabilitation and exercise training in secondary coronaryheartdiseaseprevention.ProgCardiovascDis.2011;53(6):397-403. 2. Ghorbanzadeh V, Mohammadi M, Dariushnejad H, Abhari A, Chodari L, Mohaddes G. Cardioprotective effect of crocin combined with voluntary exercise in rat: role of mir-126 and mir-210 in heart angiogenesis. Arq Bras Cardiol .2017;109(1):54-62. 3. Leite HR, Camargos ACR, Mendonça VA, Lacerda ACR, Soares BA, Oliveira VC. Current evidence does not support whole body vibration in clinical practice in children and adolescents with disabilities: a systematic review of randomized controlled trial. Braz J Phys Ther. 2018 Sep 19.pii:S1413-3555(18)30023-6. 4. Rustler V, Däggelmann J, Streckmann F, BlochW, Baumann FT.Whole-body vibration in children with disabilities demonstrates therapeutic potentials for pediatric cancer populations: a systematic review. Support Care Cancer . Oct 27 [Epub ahead print] 5. Neves CDC, Lacerda ACR, Lage VKS, Soares AA, Chaves MGA, Lima LP,et al. Whole body vibration training increases physical measures and quality of life without altering inflammatory-oxidative biomarkers in patients with moderate COPD. J Appl Physiol. 2018;125(2):520-8. 6. Raval AP, Schatz M, Bhattacharya P, d’Adesky N, Rundek T, DietrichWD, et al. Whole body vibration therapy after ischemia reduces brain damage in reproductively senescent female rats. Int J Mol Sci. 2018;19(9):2749. 7. Liu Y, Zhai M, Guo F, Shi T, Liu J,Wang X, et al. whole body vibration improves insulin resistance in db/db mice: amelioration of lipid accumulation and oxidative stress. Appl Biochem Biotechnol. 2016; 179(5):819-29. 8. Reijne AC, Ciapaite J, van Dijk TH, Havinga R, van der Zee EA, Groen AK, et al. Whole-body vibration partially reverses aging-induced increases in visceral adiposity and hepatic lipid storage in mice. PLoS One 2016; 11(2):e0149419. 9. Shekarforoush S, Naghii MR . Whole-body vibration training increases myocardial salvage against acute ischemia in adult male rats. Arq Bras Cardiol. 2019; 112(1):32-37. 10. Garcia LR, Polegato BF, Zornoff LAM. Challenges of translational science. Arq Bras Cardiol 2017;108(5):388-9. References This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 39