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Complementary Therapies

local application of mechanical vibration, to the whole body and as Systemic vibra-
tion therapy. Vibrational movements are present in our everyday life. Using these
concepts of vibrational analysis, their understanding and optimization represent a
challenge in bringing individuals to an original way of natural therapy.

Author details

3,4
1,2
5
Danúbia da Cunha de Sá-Caputo , Adérito Seixas , Redha Taiar
1
and Mario Bernardo-Filho *
1 Laboratório de Vibrações Mecânicas e Práticas Integrativas, Departamento de
Biofísica e Biometria, Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcântara Gomes and Policlínica
Piquet Carneiro, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

2 Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Fisiopatologia
Clínica e Experimental,Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ,
Brazil

3 Escola Superior de Saúde Fernando Pessoa, Porto, Portugal

4 Faculdade de Desporto, LABIOMEP, INEGI-LAETA, Universidade do Porto,
Porto, Portugal

5 GRESPI, University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France

*Address all correspondence to: bernardofilhom@gmail.com

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