Participating in a virtual reality balance exercise program can reduce risk and fear of falls

Maturitas

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 239-243

  Singh, Devinder K A ^a   Rajaratnam, Bala S ^b   Palaniswamy, Vijayakumar ^a   Pearson, Hannah ^c   Raman, Vimal P ^a   Bong, Pei Sien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^c Pantai Integrated Rehab Services Sdn Bhd   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Fear of falls; Risk of falls; Virtual reality; Women

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY SPECIFIC BALANCE SCALE 6; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FALL RISK; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROFILE APPROACH; RATING SCALE; VIRTUAL REALITY BALANCE GAME;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; RISK;

EID: 84867335604     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: 18734111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2012.07.011     Document Type: Article

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