Exergaming with additional postural demands improves balance and gait in patients with multiple sclerosis as much as conventional balance training and leads to high adherence to home-based balance training

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1803-1809

  Kramer, Andreas ^a   Dettmers, Christian ^b   Gruber, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b Klinik Schmieder   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Postural balance; Rehabilitation; Video games

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL-TASK PERFORMANCE (TEST); EXERGAMING; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; GAIT; GAME; HOME REHABILITATION; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC GAIT DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAINING; TREATMENT REFUSAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RECREATION;

ADULT; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTURAL BALANCE; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84908509046     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2014.04.020     Document Type: Article

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