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- Title
Effect of whole-body vibration on BMD: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
- Authors
Slatkovska, L; Alibhai, S M H; Beyene, J; Cheung, A M
- Abstract
Our systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) examining whole-body vibration (WBV) effect on bone mineral density (BMD) found significant but small improvements in hip areal BMD (aBMD) in postmenopausal women and in tibia and spine volumetric BMD in children/adolescents, but not in other BMD measurements in postmenopausal women and young adults.
- Publication
Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA, 2010, Vol 21, Issue 12, p1969
- ISSN
1433-2965
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00198-010-1228-z