Risks and benefits of whole body vibration training in older people

Age and Ageing

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 254-255

  Brooke wavell, Katherine ^a   Mansfield, Neil J ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID;

BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FRACTURE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; THERAPY EFFECT; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; AGING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIBRATION;

EID: 65449155172     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afp036     Document Type: Editorial

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