Exergames and Their Acceptance Among Nursing Home Residents

Activities, Adaptation and Aging

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 93-106

  Ulbrecht, Gudrun ^a   Wagner, David ^b   Gräßel, Elmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b Diakonisches Werk Bayern   (Germany)

Author keywords

acceptance; dementia; exergames; nursing home residents

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863323370     PISSN: 01924788     EISSN: 15444368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01924788.2012.673155     Document Type: Article

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