Whole-body vibration as a potential countermeasure for dynapenia and arterial stiffness

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Main Authors: Arturo Figueroa, Salvador J. Jaime, Stacey Alvarez-Alvarado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-09-01
Series:Integrative Medicine Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213422016300695
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