New Technological Innovations to Improve Balance against Falling in Older Adults: Exergaming, Virtual Reality and Augmented Realty

IF 0.4 Q4 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet Pub Date : 2022-07-03 DOI:10.1080/15398285.2022.2113303

H. Epstein

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Abstract

Abstract Older adults fall and live with the fear of falling. Until recently vitamin D to strengthen bones, Tai Chi and other slow deliberate exercises have been prescribed. Recent studies introducing these adults to newer technological innovations such as the Nintendo Wii and Microsoft HoloLens and Oculus from Meta show enjoyment of using the equipment, improvement with balance, reduced fear of falling and stronger feelings of independence. This column reports the troubling statistics of older adults falling, introduces technological innovations and highlights studies using these tools.

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提高老年人平衡能力的新技术创新:游戏、虚拟现实和增强现实

老年人摔倒，生活在对摔倒的恐惧中。直到最近，维生素D增强骨骼，太极和其他缓慢的刻意练习已经被规定。最近的研究向这些成年人介绍了更新的技术创新，如任天堂Wii和微软HoloLens和Meta的Oculus，显示出使用这些设备的乐趣，平衡能力的提高，对摔倒的恐惧减少和更强的独立感。本专栏报道了老年人跌倒的令人不安的统计数据，介绍了技术创新，并重点介绍了使用这些工具的研究。

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Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-

CiteScore

1.30

自引率

12.50%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet is the only professional peer-reviewed journal devoted to locating consumer health information via the Internet. In this journal librarians and health information providers describe programs and services aimed at helping patients and the general public find the health information they need. From the Editor: "Studies have shown that health information is one of the major reasons that people worldwide access the Internet. As the amount of health information on the Web increases exponentially, it becomes critical that librarians-including public and medical librarians-be knowledgeable about what is available online and be able to direct users to reliable, accurate, quality information."