Tilt vibratory exercise improves the dynamic balance in fibromyalgia: A randomized controlled trial
OBJECTIVE:: To evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of tilt whole-body vibration for improving dynamic balance in women with fibromyal...
Structural analysis of the human tibia by tomographic (pQCT) serial scans
Abstract This study analyses the evaluation of tomographic indicators of tibia structure, assuming that the usual loading pattern shift...
Vibration treatment in cerebral palsy: A randomized controlled pilot study
In this 6-month trial, twenty children with cerebral palsy (age 6.2 to 12.3 years; 6 girls) were randomized to either continue their sc...
Mechanographic analyses in pediatrics: allometric scaling of ‘peak jump force’ and its relationship to ‘maximal isometric grip force’ in childhood and adolescence
BACKGROUND: Kinetic analyses of the neuromuscular system have become an important part in the diagnostics of metabolic bone disorders i...
Building a Better Understanding of Basic Mechanical Principles Through Analysis of the Vertical Jump
An understanding of the basic mechanical principles governing movement is essential for the development of training programs, performan...
Skeletal geometry and indices of bone strength in artistic gymnasts
This review addresses bone geometry and indices of skeletal strength associated with exposure to gymnastic loading during growth. A bri...
Changes in muscle mass and strength after menopause
Menopause is associated with a natural decline in estrogen, that increases visceral fat mass, decreases bone mass density, muscle mass,...
Bone loss in Pompe disease: novel application of Vibration Training and High Resolution peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography (HR-pQCT)
We report that vibration training can imrpove bone architecture in 2 adults with Pompe disease with osteopenia and ambulatory disabilit...
Comparison of pQCT parameters between ulna and radius in retired elite gymnasts: the skeletal benefits associated with long-term gymnastics are bone- and site-specific
Objectives: To compare the skeletal benefits associated with gymnastics between ulna and radius. Methods: 19 retired artistic gymnasts,...
Age-dependency in bone mass and geometry: a pQCT study on male and female master sprinters, middle and long distance runners, race-walkers and sedentary people
Objective: To investigate whether athletic participation allows master athletes to preserve their good bone health into old age. Method...
