Adaptations of prefrontal brain activity, executive functions, and gait in healthy elderly following exergame and balance training: A randomized-controlled study

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue NOV, 2016, Pages

  Schättin, Alexandra ^a   Arner, Rendel ^a   Gennaro, Federico ^a   de Bruin, Eling D ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Balance; Elderly; Executive function; Exergame; Gait performance; Prefrontal brain activity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXERCISE; GAIT; HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VELOCITY; VIDEO GAME; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 85006253434     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2016.00278     Document Type: Article

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