Turning training into play: Embodied gaming, seniors, physical training and motivation

Gerontechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 110-120

  Aarhus, Rikke ^a   Grönvall, Erik ^a   Larsen, Simon B ^b   Wollsen, Susanne ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b ALEXANDRA INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Embodied gaming; Motivation; Nintendo Wii; Rehabilitation; Seniors

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052285338     PISSN: 15691101     EISSN: 1569111X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4017/gt.2011.10.2.005.00     Document Type: Article

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