Vibration exercise: The potential benefits

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 75-99

  Cochrane, D J ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

blood pressure; EMG; force; heart rate; power; tendon reflex

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATHLETE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY POSTURE; CIRCULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYOTATIC REFLEX; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE; REVIEW; SAFETY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STROKE; TIME; VIBRATION;

AGED; ATHLETES; BLOOD CIRCULATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTMENOPAUSE; POSTURE; REFLEX, STRETCH; SAFETY; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; VIBRATION;

EID: 79551525362     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: 14393964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1268010     Document Type: Article

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