Exergaming: Interactive balance training in healthy community-dwelling older adults

Journal of Cyber Therapy and Rehabilitation

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 399-407

  Kosse, Nienke M ^a   Caljouw, Simone R ^a   Vuijk, Pieter Jelle ^a   Lamoth, Claudine J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aged; Exercise Therapy; Postural Control; Recovery of Function; Sensory Feedback; Videogames

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BERG BALANCE SCALE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EXERCISE; EXERGAMING; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 80054807577     PISSN: 17849934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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