Serious games in prevention and rehabilitation-a new panacea for elderly people?

European Review of Aging and Physical Activity

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-50

  Wiemeyer, Josef ^a   Kliem, Annika ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Health; Prevention; Rehabilitation; Serious games

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860705789     PISSN: 18137253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11556-011-0093-x     Document Type: Review

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