Whole-body vibration to treat low back pain: Fact or fad?

Physiotherapy Canada

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 88-93

  Perraton, Luke ^a   Machotka, Zuzana ^a   Kumar, Saravana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evidence based practice; Low back pain; Systematic review; Whole body vibration

Indexed keywords

BACKACHE; BODY POSTURE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; VIBRATION;

BACK PAIN; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTURE; VIBRATION;

EID: 79551483719     PISSN: 03000508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/ptc.2009.44     Document Type: Article

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