Safety and severity of accelerations delivered from whole body vibration exercise devices to standing adults

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 526-531

  Muir, Jesse ^a   Kiel, Douglas P ^b   Rubin, Clinton T ^a  

^a St Francis Hospital The Heart Center   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; Injury; Muscle strength; Physical therapy; Rehabilitation; Sports medicine

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICAL EQUIPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE SAFETY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; SKULL; STANDING; TIBIA; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION DEVICE;

BACK PAIN; INJURY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL THERAPY; REHABILITATION; SPORTS MEDICINE;

ADULT; EXERCISE; HUMANS; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885871703     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: 18781861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2013.01.004     Document Type: Article

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