Altaf, Shafaq
Malmir, Kazem
Mir, Syed Mohsen
Olyaei, Gholam Reza
Aftab, Anam
Rajput, Tausif Ahmed
Article History
Received: 5 February 2024
Accepted: 28 May 2024
First Online: 5 June 2024
Declarations
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: This cross-sectional study utilized data originally gathered for a registered randomized controlled trial (RCT) investigating the impact of whole-body vibration on SMI in sarcopenic elderly individuals in Pakistan. The RCT, registered with the Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials (IRCT) number # 20230304057612N1, adhered to ethical guidelines, obtaining approval from the ethical board of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (IR.TUMS.FNM.REC.1401.171). Additionally, the protocol has been approved by the Institutional Review Board & Ethics Committee (IRB & EC) of Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad, Pakistan (IRB # 0124 − 23). All participants have provided written informed consent to participate.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.