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Mario Bernardo-Filho1 \*, Danúbia da Cunha de Sá-Caputo1,2, Adérito Seixas3 and Redha Taiar4

1 Laboratório de Vibrações Mecânicas e Práticas Integrativas, Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcantara Gomes and Policlínica Piquet Carneiro, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2 Faculdade Bezerra de Araújo, Curso de Fisioterapia, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil


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