Assisting people with multiple disabilities actively correct abnormal standing posture with a Nintendo Wii Balance Board through controlling environmental stimulation

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 936-942

  Shih, Ching Hsiang ^a   Shih, Ching Tien ^b   Chu, Chiung Ling ^a  

^a NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TUNG FANG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Multiple disabilities; Standing posture correction; Wii Balance Board

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; NINTENDO WII BALANCE BOARD; SCHOOL CHILD; STANDING; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; COMPUTER PERIPHERALS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MINICOMPUTERS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POSTURAL BALANCE; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOFTWARE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77952742521     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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