Wii Fit exer-game training improves sensory weighting and dynamic balance in healthy young adults

Gait and Posture

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 711-715

  Cone, Brian L ^a   Levy, Susan S ^a   Goble, Daniel J ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance intervention; Body sway; Limits of stability; Postural control; Vestibular function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTIVE FEEDBACK; RECREATION; RESPONSE TIME; SENSORY FEEDBACK; STABILOGRAPHY; STANDING; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUAL FEEDBACK; ADOLESCENT; BODY WEIGHT; FITNESS; KINESIOTHERAPY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; VESTIBULE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POSTURAL BALANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH; VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84933670852     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2015.01.030     Document Type: Article

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