Active video-gaming effects on balance and mobility in individuals with chronic stroke: A randomized controlled trial

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 218-225

  Fritz, Stacy ^a   Peters, Denise ^a   Merlo, Angela ^b   Donley, Jonathan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

balance; gaming; stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BERG BALANCE SCALE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMIC GAIT INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECREATION; STANDING; TREATMENT DURATION; WALKING;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POSTURAL BALANCE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84880560769     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: 19455119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/tsr2003-218     Document Type: Article

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