Effects of Virtual Reality Training (Exergaming) Compared to Alternative Exercise Training and Passive Control on Standing Balance and Functional Mobility in Healthy Community-Dwelling Seniors: A Meta-Analytical Review.

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Balance training is considered an important means to decrease fall rates in seniors. Whether virtual reality training (VRT) might serve as an appropriate treatment strategy to improve neuromuscular fall risk parameters in comparison to alternative balance training programs (AT) is as yet unclear.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Sports Med

Title: Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)

Publisher: Springer Nature

ISSN (Electronic): 1179-2035

ISSN (Print): 0112-1642

Publication date (Electronic): Sep 2016

Volume: 46

Issue: 9

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[1 ] Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, Birsstrasse 320B, 4052, Basel, Switzerland. lars.donath@unibas.ch.

[2 ] Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, Birsstrasse 320B, 4052, Basel, Switzerland.

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Publisher Item ID: 10.1007/s40279-016-0485-1

DOI: 10.1007/s40279-016-0485-1

PubMed ID: 26886474

SO-VID: 45b2438a-8f1e-481c-a88c-7cbb71db1c00

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