Improving Walking, Muscle Strength, and Balance in the Elderly with an Exergame Using Kinect: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Games for Health Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 161-167

  Sato, Keizo ^a,b   Kuroki, Kaoru ^b   Saiki, Syuko ^b   Nagatomi, Ryoichi ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU FUKUSHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VIDEO GAME; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; POSTURAL BALANCE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VIDEO GAMES; WALKING;

EID: 84992755538     PISSN: 2161783X     EISSN: 21617856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/g4h.2014.0057     Document Type: Article

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