Whole-body vibration therapy for osteoporosis: State of the science

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 155, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 680-686

  Wysocki, Andrea ^a   Butler, Mary ^a   Shamliyan, Tatyana ^a   Kane, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINO TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; CALCIUM; CARBOXY TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; VITAMIN D;

ACCELERATION; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLURRED VISION; BONE DENSITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATARACT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSUMER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EXERCISE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FRACTURE; GRAVITY; HUMAN; JOINT INJURY; LENS DISEASE; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; ORTHOSTATIC HYPERTENSION; OSCILLATION; OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; RESISTANCE TRAINING; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TINNITUS; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

EID: 81055155532     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-155-10-201111150-00006     Document Type: Review

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