Using whole body vibration in physical therapy and sport
Subtitle: clinical practice and treatment exercises
By: Alfio Albasini, Martin Krause, Ingo Volker Rembitzki ; foreword by Cardinale Marco.
Contributors: Krause, Martin.; Rembitzki, Ingo Volker.
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Edinburgh; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780702031731
Subjects: Vibration -- Therapeutic use; Sports medicine; Vibration -- therapeutic use; Physical Therapy Modalities; Sports Medicine -- methods
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Biomechanics principles of whole body vibration; title: The inverted pendulum and walking; title: Theoretical considerations in the clinical application of whole body vibration (WBV); title: Indications and contra-indications in the clinical application of WBV; title: Preparation for therapy; title: WBV as a warm-up prior to sport : effects on flexibility.