ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Effects of virtual reality exergame on psychophysiological and postural disorders in elderly patients

Khizhnikova AE, Klochkov AS, Fuks AA, Kotov-Smolenskiy AM, Suponeva NA, Piradov MA
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Research Center of Neurology, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Anastasia E. Khizhnikova
Volokolamskoe sh., 80, Moscow, 125367, Russia; moc.liamg@lapakhsutsan

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Funding: the study was supported by the Presidential Grant MK-118.2020.7.

Received: 2021-10-26 Accepted: 2021-11-24 Published online: 2021-12-09
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