Home-based balance training programme using Wii Fit with balance board for Parkinsons´s disease: A pilot study
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Home-based balance training programme using Wii Fit with balance board for Parkinsons's disease: a pilot study.
OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effects of a home-based balance training programme using visual feedback (Nintendo Wii Fit game with balance board) on balance and functional abilities in subjects with Parkinson's disease, and to compare the effects with a group of paired healthy subjects. SUBJECTS Ten subjects with moderate Parkinson's disease and 8 healthy elderly subjects. METHODS Subjects par...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1650-1977
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0922