Effects of whole-body vibration in patients with multiple sclerosis: A pilot study

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 834-842

  Schuhfried, Othmar ^a   Mittermaier, Christian ^a   Jovanovic, Tatjana ^a   Pieber, Karin ^a   Paternostro Sluga, Tatjana ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; SCORING SYSTEM; STABILOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIBRATION;

EID: 28444457468     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269215505cr919oa     Document Type: Article

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