Fibromyalgia and the relevance of the whole-body vibration exercises in vibratory platforms: a short review

Among nonpharmacological strategy to manage fibromyalgia, exercise (aerobic) has shown efficacy. Whole-body vibration (WBV) exercise has been proposed as a potential clinical intervention. WBV would induce increase in growth hormone (GH). An impairment of the hypothalamic-pituitary-GH-Insulin Growth...

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Main Authors: Nelson de Souza Pinto, Milena de Oliveira Bravo Monteiro, Dulciane Nunes Paiva, Sebastião David Santos-Filho, Sotiris Misssailidis, Diane Thompson, Pedro Marín Cabezuelo, Mario Bernardo-Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2012-02-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132012000100007

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