The effect of multidirectional mechanical vibration on peripheral circulation of humans

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 211-216

  Button, Chris ^a   Anderson, N ^a   Bradford, C ^b   Cotter, J D ^a   Ainslie, P N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Cardiovascular response; Counter irritation; Plethysmography; Therapeutic device

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASSAGE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; VIBRATION;

EID: 34250661445     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: 1475097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2007.00739.x     Document Type: Article

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