Exergames for unsupervised balance training at home: A pilot study in healthy older adults

Gait and Posture

Volumn 44, Issue , 2016, Pages 161-167

  van Diest, M ^a,b   Stegenga, J ^a   Wortche H J ^a   Verkerke, G J ^b,c   Postema, K ^b   Lamoth, C J C ^b  

^a INCAS ^*  (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Balance ability; Exergames; Fall prevention; Home based training

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DUAL-TASK PERFORMANCE (TEST); EXERCISE; EXERCISE VIDEOGAME; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; NARROW RIDGE BALANCE TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING ASSESSMENT; SENESCENCE; SKATING; SPATIAL MEMORY TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; VIDEO GAME; WALKING; WEIGHT; FALLING; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURAL BALANCE; SKATING; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84960869850     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2015.11.019     Document Type: Article

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