Addition of a non-immersive virtual reality component to treadmill training to reduce fall risk in older adults (V-TIME): a randomised controlled trial

The Lancet

Volumn 388, Issue 10050, 2016, Pages 1170-1182

  Mirelman, Anat ^a,b   Rochester, Lynn ^c   Maidan, Inbal ^a   Del Din, Silvia ^c   Alcock, Lisa ^c   Nieuwhof, Freek ^d   Rikkert, Marcel Olde ^d   Bloem, Bastiaan R ^d   Pelosin, Elisa ^e   Avanzino, Laura ^e   Abbruzzese, Giovanni ^e   Dockx, Kim ^f   Bekkers, Esther ^f   Giladi, Nir ^a,b   Nieuwboer, Alice ^f   Hausdorff, Jeffrey M ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALL RISK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; ISRAEL; ITALY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MOBILIZATION; NETHERLANDS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIMULATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRTUAL REALITY; AGING; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE TEST; FALLING; INCIDENCE; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WALKING;

EID: 84992390073     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31325-3     Document Type: Article

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