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Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria

From: Whole body vibration for older persons: an open randomized, multicentre, parallel, clinical trial

Inclusion criteria

65 years and older

institutionalized in a nursing home

don't have physical and cognitive disorders that they cannot stand in a vibration platform

would like to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

acute disease (not resolved during 10 days)

pacemaker

epilepsy

high risk of tromboembolism

knee or hip prosthesis

musculoskeletal disorders and cognitive or physical dysfunction interfering with test and training procedures