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Exergaming in Older People Living with HIV Improves Balance, Mobility and Ameliorates Some Aspects of Frailty
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October 06, 2016
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1Department of Surgery, Interdisciplinary Consortium on Advanced Motion Performance (iCAMP),College of Medicine, University of Arizona, 2Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease,College of Medicine, University of Arizona, 3Interdisciplinary Consortium on Advanced Motion Performance (iCAMP), Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery,Baylor College of Medicine
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Persons infected with HIV are often frail, depressed and live a sedentary lifestyle for which conventional exercise is too taxing. Here, we present an exercise protocol that ameliorates aspects of frailty in HIV-infected persons. An exergame integrating cognitive control was developed using biosensors that measured balance, weight-shifting and obstacle crossing.
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Veeravelli, S., Najafi, B., Marin, I., Blumenkron, F., Smith, S., Klotz, S. A. Exergaming in Older People Living with HIV Improves Balance, Mobility and Ameliorates Some Aspects of Frailty. J. Vis. Exp. (116), e54275, doi:10.3791/54275 (2016).
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