Effect of a combination of whole body vibration exercise and squat training on body balance, muscle power, and walking ability in the elderly

Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 131-138

  Osugi, Tomohiro ^a   Iwamoto, Jun ^b   Yamazaki, Michio ^a   Takakuwa, Masayuki ^a  

^a Takakuwa Orthopaedic Nagayama Clinic   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body balance; Muscle power; Squat training; Walking velocity; Whole body vibration exercise

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894445746     PISSN: 11766336     EISSN: 1178203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/TCRM.S57806     Document Type: Article

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