Effects of whole body vibration on the skeleton and other organ systems in man and animal models: What we know and what we need to know

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 319-329

  Prisby, Rhonda D ^a,b,c   Lafage Proust, Marie Hélène ^a,b,c   Malaval, Luc ^a,b,c   Belli, Alain ^a,c,d   Vico, Laurence ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c IFR 143   (France)

^d Exercise Physiology Laboratory   (France)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Elderly; Hormones; Parkinson's disease; Tissue perfusion; Whole body vibration

Indexed keywords

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE REMODELING; HUMAN; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; SHORT SURVEY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKELETON; TISSUE PERFUSION; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE AND BONES; BONE REMODELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RATS; VIBRATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 53049098277     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2008.07.004     Document Type: Short Survey

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