The Effects of Combining Videogame Dancing and Pelvic Floor Training to Improve Dual-Task Gait and Cognition in Women with Mixed-Urinary Incontinence

Games for Health Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 172-178

  Fraser, Sarah A ^a,b   Elliott, Valerie ^b,c   De Bruin, Eling D ^d,e   Bherer, Louis ^b,f   Dumoulin, Chantal ^b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

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EID: 84992753546     PISSN: 2161783X     EISSN: 21617856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/g4h.2013.0095     Document Type: Article

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