Games-based biofeedback training and the attentional demands of balance in older adults

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 367-373

  Heiden, Eric ^a   Lajoie, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attentional demands; Balance training; CB M scale; Reaction time

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; COMMUNITY BALANCE AND MOBILITY SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; RATING SCALE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; WALKING;

AGED; ATTENTION; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POSTURAL BALANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 79955449456     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3275/6733     Document Type: Article

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