Effects of balance training using a virtual-reality system in older fallers

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 8, Issue , 2013, Pages 257-263

  Duque, Gustavo ^a,b   Boersma, Derek ^a   Loza Diaz, Griselda ^b   Hassan, Sanobar ^a   Suarez, Hamlet ^c   Geisinger, Dario ^c   Suriyaarachchi, Pushpa ^a   Sharma, Anita ^a   Demontiero, Oddom ^a,b  

^a NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c British Hospital Montevideo   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Balance; Elderly; Falls; Postural instability; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BALANCE REHABILITATION UNIT; BALANCE TRAINING; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; GAIT; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TRAINING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

BALANCE; ELDERLY; FALLS; POSTURAL INSTABILITY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEAR; FEMALE; GAIT; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY;

EID: 84874927994     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S41453     Document Type: Article

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