Addition of a non-immersive virtual reality component to treadmill training to reduce fall risk in older adults (V-TIME): a randomised controlled trial.

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Abstract

Age-associated motor and cognitive deficits increase the risk of falls, a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Because of the significant ramifications of falls, many interventions have been proposed, but few have aimed to prevent falls via an integrated approach targeting both motor and cognitive function. We aimed to test the hypothesis that an intervention combining treadmill training with non-immersive virtual reality (VR) to target both cognitive aspects of safe ambulation and mobility would lead to fewer falls than would treadmill training alone.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Lancet

Title: Lancet (London, England)

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1474-547X

ISSN (Print): 0140-6736

Publication date (Electronic): Sep 17 2016

Volume: 388

Issue: 10050

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[1 ] Center for the Study of Movement, Cognition and Mobility, Neurological Institute, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Department of Neurology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. Electronic address: anatmi@tlvmc.gov.il.

[2 ] Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK.

[3 ] Center for the Study of Movement, Cognition and Mobility, Neurological Institute, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.

[4 ] Department of Geriatrics Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Nijmegen, Netherlands; Radboud Alzheimers Center, Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Nijmegen, Netherlands; Department of Neurology, Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Nijmegen, Netherlands.

[5 ] Department of Geriatrics Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Nijmegen, Netherlands; Radboud Alzheimers Center, Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Nijmegen, Netherlands.

[6 ] Department of Neurology, Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Nijmegen, Netherlands.

[7 ] Department of Neurosciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.

[8 ] Department of Neurosciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy; Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.

[9 ] Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

[10 ] Center for the Study of Movement, Cognition and Mobility, Neurological Institute, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Department of Neurology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, and Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

[11 ] Center for the Study of Movement, Cognition and Mobility, Neurological Institute, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Department of Physical Therapy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, and Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

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Publisher Item ID: S0140-6736(16)31325-3

DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31325-3

PubMed ID: 27524393

SO-VID: 9c0b6f27-f4cc-42df-95bc-59173848ba2b

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