Wii-rehab to enhance balance among patients with stroke

i-CREATe 2011 - International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 258-260

  Rajaratnam, B S ^a   Tim, Xu Tian Ma ^b   Elsa, Ang Yi Hsia ^a   Ng, Keat Hwee ^a   Su, Yunfeng ^a   Wilson, Woo Ying Howe ^a   Teo, Siao Ting Sharlene ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^b Ang Mo Kio Thye Hua Kwan Hospital   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Conventional stroke rehabilitation; Dynamic balance; Sub acute stroke; Virtual reality; Wii fit

Indexed keywords

BARTHEL INDICES; CONTROL GROUPS; DYNAMIC BALANCE; EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS; LOCAL COMMUNITY; MANN-WHITNEY U TEST; SIGNED RANK; SPEARMAN'S RHO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE PATIENTS; STROKE REHABILITATION; SUB-ACUTE STROKE; WII FIT;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR REHABILITATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY; STATISTICAL TESTS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

EID: 84255176565     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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