Improving the lives of youth with visual impairments through exergames

Insight: Research and Practice in Visual Impairment and Blindness

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 160-170

  Morelli, Tony ^a   Folmer, Eelke ^a   Foley, John T ^b   Lieberman, Lauren ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Blind; Energy expenditure; Exergames; Physical activity; Video games; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872527792     PISSN: 2157037X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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