Virtual reality for gait training: Can it induce motor learning to enhance complex walking and reduce fall risk in patients with Parkinson's disease?

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 66 A, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 234-240

  Mirelman, Anat ^a,b   Maidan, Inbal ^a   Herman, Talia ^a   Deutsch, Judith E ^c   Giladi, Nir ^a,d   Hausdorff, Jeffrey M ^a,b,d  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fall risk; Gait variability; Motor learning; Parkinson's disease; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARKINSON AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WALKING;

EID: 79951787230     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glq201     Document Type: Article

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