V-TIME: A treadmill training program augmented by virtual reality to decrease fall risk in older adults: Study design of a randomized controlled trial

BMC Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Mirelman, Anat ^a,b,h   Rochester, Lynn ^c   Reelick, Miriam ^d   Nieuwhof, Freek ^d   Pelosin, Elisa ^e   Abbruzzese, Giovanni ^e   Dockx, Kim ^f   Nieuwboer, Alice ^f   Hausdorff, Jeffrey M ^a,g,h  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^g TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^h HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cognitive function; Falls; Gait; Prevention; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FALL RISK; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT MOBILITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTURAL BALANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY;

EID: 84873273851     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-13-15     Document Type: Article

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