Evaluation of balance and improvement of proprioception by repetitive muscle vibration in a 15-year-old girl with joint hypermobility syndrome

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 775-779

  Celletti, Claudia ^a   Castori, Marco ^b   Galli, Manuela ^c,d   Rigoldi, Chiara ^c   Grammatico, Paola ^b   Albertini, Giorgio ^d   Camerota, Filippo ^a  

^a POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^d IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENU RECURVATUM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; JOINT EFFUSION; JOINT HYPERMOBILITY; KNEE PAIN; LORDOSIS; MUSCLE TRAINING; PROPRIOCEPTION; SPINE MOBILITY; VIBRATION; VIBRATION SENSE;

ADOLESCENT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROPRIOCEPTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIBRATION;

EID: 79955701558     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.20434     Document Type: Article

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