To understand whether prolonged confinement results in reductions in physical activity and adaptation in the musculoskeletal system, si...
Bone strength and density via pQCT in post-menopausal osteopenic women after 9 months resistive exercise with whole body vibration or proprioceptive exercise.
OBJECTIVES: In order to better understand which training approaches are more effective for preventing bone loss in post-menopausal wome...
Vitamin D status and muscle function in children with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1).
Objectives: The aim of this cross-sectional study was to assess the vitamin D status and muscle function in children with NF1 compared ...
Vascular adaptations induced by 6 weeks WBV resistance exercise training.
BACKGROUND: The impact of whole-body vibration (WBV) upon the cardiovascular system is receiving increasing attention. Despite numerous...
Analysing gait using a force-measuring walkway: intrasession repeatability in healthy children and adolescents.
The goal of this study was to determine the repeatability of gait parameters measured by a force plate gait analysis system (Leonardo M...
Immediate effects of 2 different whole-body vibration frequencies on muscle peak torque and stiffness.
OBJECTIVE: To examine the immediate effects of 2 vibration protocols with different vibration frequencies that yielded the same maximum...
Agreement between vertical ground reaction force and ground reaction force vector in five common clinical tests.
Mechanography is an innovative method to evaluate lower-limb dynamic muscle function. This technique is generally performed on force pl...
Whole-body vibration improves functional recovery in spinal cord injured rats.
Whole-body vibration (WBV) is a relatively novel form of exercise used to improve neuromuscular performance in healthy individuals. Its...
Acute Bone Marker Responses to Whole-Body Vibration and Resistance Exercise in Young Women.
Whole-body vibration (WBV) augments the musculoskeletal effects of resistance exercise (RE). However, its acute effects on bone turnove...
Resistive exercises, with or without whole body vibration, prevent vertebral marrow fat accumulation during 60 days of head-down tilt bed rest in men.
Fat accumulates in the bone marrow of lumbar vertebrae with bed rest. Exercise with or without whole body vibration may counter this ef...