Effects of using the Nintendo Wii Fit Plus Platform in the sensorimotor training of gait disorders in Parkinson's disease

Neurology International

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Gonçalves, Giovanna Barros ^a,b   Leite, Marco Antônio A ^a   Orsini, Marco ^a,b,c   Pereira, João Santos ^a,b  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UMISUAM   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gait disorders; Nintendo Wii Fit Plus; Parkinson's disease; Sensorimotor training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; RATING SCALE; SCHWAB AND ENGLAND ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING SCALE; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; UNIFIED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84892996542     PISSN: 20358385     EISSN: 20358377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ni.2014.5048     Document Type: Article

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