Vibration therapy: Clinical applications in bone

Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 447-453

  Thompson, William R ^a   Yen, Sherwin S ^a   Rubin, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Low intensity vibration; Mesenchymal stem cells; Osteocyte; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

AGING; BONE FRAGILITY; BONE STRENGTH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; EXERCISE; FALL RISK; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOCYTE; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REVIEW; SARCOPENIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRAINING; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION; ANIMAL; BONE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE DISEASES; BONE REMODELING; DISABLED PERSON; DISEASE MODEL; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VIBRATION;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DISEASES; BONE REMODELING; DISABLED PERSONS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OSTEOGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VIBRATION;

EID: 84930945585     PISSN: 1752296X     EISSN: 17522978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MED.0000000000000111     Document Type: Review

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