The Effects of an Exergame Training on Body and Brain of Older Adults

The Active@Home exergame is a multicomponent, motor-cognitive training for fall prevention in elderly adults. It mainly consists of three components; strength training, balance training and cognitive training. For strength training, Tai Chi-based movements are included. For balance training, dancing is included in the Active@Home exergame. Moreover, the Active@Home exergame explicitly targets specific attentional and executive functions. The Active@Home system set up is easy and consists of an HDMI dongle (to run the application) which must be plugged into the TV and four wearable sensors (to measure the movements).