Effect of whole body vibration training on mobility in children with cerebral palsy: A randomized controlled experimenter-blinded study

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 599-607

  Lee, Byoung Kwon ^a   Chon, Seung Chul ^a  

^a Konyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; mobility; randomized trial; whole body vibration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILITY; NEUROLOGIC GAIT DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED TRIAL; VIBRATION; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION; COMPLICATION; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; THERAPEUTIC USE;

CEREBRAL PALSY; MOBILITY; RANDOMIZED TRIAL; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; VIBRATION;

EID: 84879468895     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: 14770873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215512470673     Document Type: Article

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