Effectiveness of Exergaming Training in Reducing Risk and Incidence of Falls in Frail Older Adults with a History of Falls

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2096-2102

  Fu, Amy S ^a   Gao, Kelly L ^a   Tung, Arthur K ^a   Tsang, William W ^a   Kwan, Marcella M ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Aged; Postural balance; Rehabilitation; Virtual reality exposure therapy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSCIOUSNESS; EXERGAMING TRAINING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARKINSONISM; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SEIZURE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOME FOR THE AGED; INCIDENCE; KINESIOTHERAPY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VERY ELDERLY; VIDEO GAME;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NURSING HOMES; POSTURAL BALANCE; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84947730819     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2015.08.427     Document Type: Article

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