Exergames for the elderly: Towards an embedded Kinect-based clinical test of falls risk

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 178, Issue , 2012, Pages 51-57

  Garcia, Jaime A ^a   Felix Navarro, Karla ^a   Schoene, Daniel ^b,c   Smith, Stuart T ^c   Pisan, Yusuf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Aged; Balance; Clinical testing; Fall prevention; Games for health; Kinect; Serious games; Step training

Indexed keywords

BALANCING; HEALTH; HYBRID INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SERIOUS GAMES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; CLINICAL TESTING; FALL PREVENTION; GAMES FOR HEALTHS; KINECT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; EXERCISE; FALLING; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; RECREATION; RISK REDUCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; EXERCISE; HUMANS; POSTURAL BALANCE; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VICTORIA; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84868284709     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-078-9-51     Document Type: Conference Paper

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