Low-gravity Training Machine Reduces Joint, Muscle Impacts, Says Study
Monday, August 4, 2008 - 03:14
in Health & Medicine
A new study of a space-age, low-gravity training machine used by several 2008 Olympic runners showed it reduced impacts on muscles and joints by nearly half when subjects ran at the equivalent of 50 percent of their body weight.
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