A game-like interface for training seniors' dynamic balance and coordination

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 29, Issue , 2010, Pages 691-694

  Billis, A S ^a   Konstantinidis, E I ^a   Mouzakidis, C ^b   Tsolaki, M N ^b   Pappas, C ^a   Bamidis, P D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Care Unit of Alzheimer Disease   (Greece)

Author keywords

accessibility; Balance training; game; Nintendo Wii; seniors

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; BALANCE TRAINING; GAME; NINTENDO WII; SENIORS;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL COMPUTING;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 77957600809     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-13039-7_174     Document Type: Conference Paper

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