The Effects of a Nintendo Wii Exercise Intervention on Gait in Older Adults

Activities, Adaptation and Aging

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 53-69

  Lee, Anna ^a   Biggan, John R ^a   Taylor, Wyn ^a   Ray, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; exercise; fall risk; gait; intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896478934     PISSN: 01924788     EISSN: 15444368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01924788.2013.878874     Document Type: Article

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