Validity of the Nintendo Wii® balance board for the assessment of standing balance in Parkinson's disease

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 361-366

  Holmes, Jeffrey D ^a   Jenkins, Mary E ^a   Johnson, Andrew M ^a   Hunt, Michael A ^b   Clark, Ross A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

assessment; balance; Nintendo Wii ; Parkinson's disease; postural control; validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RECREATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VALIDATION STUDY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTURAL BALANCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84876470406     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: 14770873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215512458684     Document Type: Article

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