Virtual-reality balance training with a video-game system improves dynamic balance in chronic stroke patients

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 228, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-74

  Cho, Ki Hun ^a   Lee, Kyoung Jin ^b   Song, Chang Ho ^b  

^a Seoul BukBu Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Sahmyook University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Balance; Postural sway; Rehabilitation; Stroke; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE BOARD GAME SYSTEM; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BERG BALANCE SCALE; CHRONIC PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMIC BALANCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL TRAINING; HUMAN; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTURAL SWAY VELOCITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECREATION; REHABILITATION EQUIPMENT; STABILOGRAPHY; STATIC BALANCE; STROKE PATIENT; TIMED UP AND GO TEST; VELOCITY; VIRTUAL REALITY BALANCE TRAINING;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY;

EID: 84867879916     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.228.69     Document Type: Article

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