Effects of a wobble board-based therapeutic exergaming system for balance training on dynamic postural stability and intrinsic motivation levels

Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-19

  Fitzgerald, Diarmaid ^a   Trakarnratanakul, Nanthana ^b   Smyth, Barry ^b   Caulfield, Brian ^c  

^a Health Sciences Centre   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c CLARITY Centre for Sensor Web Technologies   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Computer games; Exercise adherence; Intrinsic motivation; Postural stability training; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950791517     PISSN: 01906011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2010.3121     Document Type: Article

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