Could martial arts fall training be safe for persons with osteoporosis?: A feasibility study

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Groen, Brenda E ^a,b   Smulders, Ellen ^a,b   Duysens, Jacques ^a,b,c   Van Lankveld, Wim ^a   Weerdesteyn, Vivian ^a,b,d  

^a SINT MAARTENSKLINIEK   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Research Center for Movement Control and Neuroplasticity   (Belgium)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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EID: 77952684494     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-3-111     Document Type: Article

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