Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 307-310 , March 2010

Validity and reliability of the Nintendo Wii Balance Board for assessment of standing balance

  • Ross A. Clark

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria 3010, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 4 3173 7609; fax: +61 3 8344 4188.
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  • Adam L. Bryant

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria 3010, Australia
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  • Yonghao Pua

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiotherapy, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
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  • Paul McCrory

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria 3010, Australia
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  • Kim Bennell

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria 3010, Australia
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  • Michael Hunt

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria 3010, Australia

Received 9 July 2009 ,Revised 10 November 2009 ,Accepted 15 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.11.012

Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 307-310 , March 2010

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