Effects of Virtual Reality Training (Exergaming) Compared to Alternative Exercise Training and Passive Control on Standing Balance and Functional Mobility in Healthy Community-Dwelling Seniors: A Meta-Analytical Review

Sports Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1293-1309

  Donath, Lars ^a   Rössler, Roland ^a   Faude, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BERG BALANCE SCALE; CINAHL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANCING; DATA EXTRACTION; EMBASE; EXERCISE; EYE; HUMAN; LEG; MEDLINE; MODEL; MOTOR CONTROL; PEDRO; PERFORMANCE ORIENTED MOBILITY ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCIENTIST; STANDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VIDEORECORDING; VIRTUAL REALITY; WEB OF SCIENCE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; FALLING; KINESIOTHERAPY; META ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; POSTURAL BALANCE; RISK FACTORS; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY;

EID: 84958762257     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40279-016-0485-1     Document Type: Review

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