Objectives: The purpose of this controlled trial was to determine whether subtle changes in mineralization and geometry of the tibia w...
Muscle Function, but Not Muscle Mass, is Related to Balance Confidence in Older Adults
Background:
Both impaired muscle function and low muscle mass are included in recent consensus sarcopenia definitions. Sarcopenia is as...
Jumping Mechanography and Classic Muscle Function Tests Effects of Age and Gender
Background:
Sarcopenia is a risk factor for falls and fractures. As muscle function predicts disability and mortality better than musc...
Whole body vibration improves the single-leg stance static balance in women with fibromyalgia: a randomized controlled trial.
AIM: Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic disorder characterized by widespread pain. Fibromyalgia is associated with balance problems and inc...
Is 8 weeks of side-alternating whole-body vibration a safe and acceptable modality to improve functional performance in multiple sclerosis?
Purpose: To examine whether an 8-week period of side-alternating whole-body vibration (WBV) exercise is an acceptable and effective exe...
PLATELET ATP AND L-ARGININE-ASYMMETRICAL DIMETHYLARGININE RATIO IN VIBRATIONAL TRAINING VERSUS AEROBIC TRAINING OF PARKINSON’S DISEASE PATIENTS. A PRELIMINARY STUDY
Background:
Nitric oxide (NO) synthases (NOS) produce NO by oxidation of l-arginine (l-Arg). Excessive NO synthesis in the brain has cy...
Tri-modality comparison of bone structure imaging technologies
BACKGROUND:
bone structural quantification desirable to assess fracture risk, not captured by BMD useful for assessing bone formation a...
pQCT measures of bone and muscle are independently associated with falls in women – a principal components analysis
BACKGROUND:
falling is often a first step to generate sufficient energy for a fragility fracture fallers have been associated with poor...
Muscle Density, a surrogate of intermuscular adiposity, derived from pQCT is an independent correlate of fractures in women
BACKGROUND:
bone, muscle and fat have a common progenitor, the mesenchymal stem cell preferred differentiation into adipocytes can lead...
Whole-body vibration alters blood flow velocity and neuromuscular activity in Friedreich’s ataxia.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of whole-body vibration (WBV) on blood flow velocity and muscular activity af...