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The use of the Nintendo Wii in motor rehabilitation for virtual reality interventions: a literature review

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The use of the Nintendo Wii in motor rehabilitation for virtual reality interventions: a literature review. / Tsekleves, Emmanuel; Warland, Alyson; Kilbride, Cherry et al.
Virtual, augmented reality and serious games for healthcare 1. ed. / Minhua Ma; Lakhmi C. Jain; Paul Anderson. Berlin: Springer, 2014. p. 321-344 (Intelligent Systems Reference Library; Vol. 68).

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Tsekleves, E, Warland, A, Kilbride, C, Paraskevopoulos, I & Skordoulis, D 2014, The use of the Nintendo Wii in motor rehabilitation for virtual reality interventions: a literature review. in M Ma, LC Jain & P Anderson (eds), Virtual, augmented reality and serious games for healthcare 1. Intelligent Systems Reference Library, vol. 68, Springer, Berlin, pp. 321-344. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54816-1_17

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Tsekleves, E., Warland, A., Kilbride, C., Paraskevopoulos, I., & Skordoulis, D. (2014). The use of the Nintendo Wii in motor rehabilitation for virtual reality interventions: a literature review. In M. Ma, L. C. Jain, & P. Anderson (Eds.), Virtual, augmented reality and serious games for healthcare 1 (pp. 321-344). (Intelligent Systems Reference Library; Vol. 68). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54816-1_17

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Tsekleves E, Warland A, Kilbride C, Paraskevopoulos I, Skordoulis D. The use of the Nintendo Wii in motor rehabilitation for virtual reality interventions: a literature review. In Ma M, Jain LC, Anderson P, editors, Virtual, augmented reality and serious games for healthcare 1. Berlin: Springer. 2014. p. 321-344. (Intelligent Systems Reference Library). doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-54816-1_17

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Tsekleves, Emmanuel ; Warland, Alyson ; Kilbride, Cherry et al. / The use of the Nintendo Wii in motor rehabilitation for virtual reality interventions : a literature review. Virtual, augmented reality and serious games for healthcare 1. editor / Minhua Ma ; Lakhmi C. Jain ; Paul Anderson. Berlin : Springer, 2014. pp. 321-344 (Intelligent Systems Reference Library).

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