Effect of whole body vibration, aquatic balance and combined training on neuromuscular performance, balance and walking ability in male elderly able-bodied individual

World Applied Sciences Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 84-91

  Abbasi, Ali ^a   Sadeghi, Heydar ^b   Tabrizi, Hossein Berenjeian ^a   Bagheri, Kambiz ^a   Ghasemizad, Alireza ^a   Asl, Akram Karimi ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b KHARAZMI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZANJAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aquatic balance training; Balance; Elderly; Neuromuscular performance; Whole body vibration training

Indexed keywords

EID: 81755172850     PISSN: 18184952     EISSN: 19916426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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