Home-based balance training using the wii balance board: A randomized, crossover pilot study in multiple sclerosis

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 516-525

  Prosperini, Luca ^a   Fortuna, Deborah ^a   Giannì, Costanza ^a   Leonardi, Laura ^a   Marchetti, Maria Rita ^a   Pozzilli, Carlo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

balance; crossover trial; multiple sclerosis; neurorehabilitation; static posturography; visual feedback; Wii Balance Board

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FORCE; GAIT; GAME; HOME REHABILITATION; HUMAN; KNEE PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRESSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION PATIENT; SCORING SYSTEM; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; WALKING;

BALANCE; CROSSOVER TRIAL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROREHABILITATION; STATIC POSTUROGRAPHY; VISUAL FEEDBACK; WII BALANCE BOARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURAL BALANCE; SELF REPORT; SENSATION DISORDERS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878829503     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968313478484     Document Type: Article

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