Balance rehabilitation using custom-made Wii Balance Board exercises: Clinical effectiveness and maintenance of gains in an acquired brain injury population

International Journal on Disability and Human Development

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 327-332

  Lloréns, Roberto ^a   Albiol, Sergio ^a   Gil Gómez, José Antonio ^a   Alcañiz, Mariano ^a   Colomer, Carolina ^b   Noé, Enrique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b Hospital NISA Valencia al Mar y NISA Sevilla Aljarafe   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acquired brain injury; Balance; Posturography; Virtual rehabilitation; Wii Balance Board

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY; ADULT; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BALANCE REHABILITATION; BERG BALANCE SCALE; BRUNEL BALANCE ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EASY BALANCE VIRTUAL REHABILITATION SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION EQUIPMENT; STABILOGRAPHY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84925656157     PISSN: 21911231     EISSN: 21910367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ijdhd-2014-0323     Document Type: Article

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