Effect of a vibration exposure on muscular performance and body balance. Randomized cross-over study

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 145-152

  Torvinen, Saila ^a,b,c   Kannus, Pekka ^a,b,c   Sievänen, Harri ^a   Järvinen, Tero A H ^b,c   Pasanen, Matti ^a   Kontulainen, Saija ^a   Järvinen, Teppo L N ^b,c   Järvinen, Markku ^b,c   Oja, Pekka ^a   Vuori, Ilkka ^a  

^a UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Body balance; Electromyography; Muscle performance; Whole body vibration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; JUMPING; LEG; LOADING TEST; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RUNNING; SOLEUS MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VOLUNTEER; WALKING; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VIBRATION;

EID: 0036251713     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2281.2002.00410.x     Document Type: Article

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