Superimposed vibration confers no additional benefit compared with resistance training alone

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 827-833

  Carson, R G ^a,b   Popple, A E ^b   Verschueren, S M P ^c   Riek, S ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Strength training; Vibration exercise; Vibration plate; Whole body vibration training

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958557898     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2009.00999.x     Document Type: Article

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