Evaluation of an electronic video game for improvement of balance

Virtual Reality

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 315-323

  McConville, Kristiina M Valter ^a,b,c   Virk, Sumandeep ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Balance training; Difficulty model; Motor learning; Simulator sickness; Video game; Virtual environment

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENTS; BALANCE TRAINING; CONTROL SUBJECT; LEARNING AND TRAINING; MODEL PARAMETERS; MOTOR LEARNING; PLAYSTATION 2; POSTURAL BALANCE; SECOND LEVEL; SIMULATOR SICKNESS; TIME CONSTANTS; TRAINING SESSIONS; VIDEO GAME;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 84868088846     PISSN: 13594338     EISSN: 14349957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10055-012-0212-7     Document Type: Article

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