Assessment of the postural control strategies used to play two Wii Fit™ videogames

Gait and Posture

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 449-453

  Michalski, A ^a   Glazebrook, C M ^a   Martin, A J ^a   Wong, W W N ^a   Kim, A J W ^a   Moody, K D ^a,b   Salbach, N M ^a   Steinnagel, B ^b   Andrysek, J ^b   Torres Moreno, R ^a,b   Zabjek, K F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOLLAND BLOORVIEW KIDS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Balance control; Balance training; Centre of pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; ROTATION; SHOULDER; TRUNK; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; COHORT STUDIES; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER JOINT; SKIING; SOCCER; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864376043     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2012.04.005     Document Type: Article

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